The red sweater genially tells him to mind his place, pats his head and provides him with meat and water. Buck is beaten, not broken. He has learned not to fight a club. Other dogs arrive, and undergo the same process. Buck respects the red sweater, but will not show affection.
Men arrive who take the dogs away.
A Canadian, Perrault, catches sight of Buck and believes he is one in a thousand. He purchases him, along with Curly, a good-natured Newfoundland. They go on a boat and are turned over to Francois, another swarthy French-Canadian. There are two other dogs, a white one who is treacherously friendly, and Dave, a disinterested dog if there ever was one. The boat ends its journey, and Buck is puzzled at the cold mushiness on the ground.