Huo Sining felt disappointed because, along the way, she had seen quite a few dogs, the vast majority of which were rural Chinese dogs.
The so-called rural Chinese dogs are what we refer to as ordinary mutts.
Traditional purebred rural dogs are actually quite intelligent breeds; well-trained ones can even help hunters with hunting.
Unfortunately, due to the severe interbreeding in the countryside, purebred rural dogs have long since disappeared. The interbred mutts that exist today generally have lower intelligence and are just kept in the countryside to alert families to strangers by barking a few times.
Of course, Huo Sining didn't necessarily require a purebred dog. Most dogs in the dog market nowadays are mixed breeds. To find a purebred dog, one would have to be willing to spend a lot of effort and money, otherwise, it would be virtually impossible.