Eddy did his intro to herding class yesterday! The sheep totally stood up to Eddy and scared him! The sheep saw this tiny corgi come into the pen and knew he was a joke and they wouldn't budge. They were staring him down and stomping their hooves. It was pretty funny... so not much herding really happened. Eddy turned and started barking angrily at the instructor at one point, too... He was more focused on keeping his eye on her than the movement of the running sheep. So it was a stange…

Tomorrow I'm taking Eddy to a herding class to experiment herding sheep and ducks. He's never taken any sort of obedience training or puppy class or anything before. I guess we'll just see if he enjoys it and go from there... The proprietor said her method is really for independent-minded dogs who work well on their own without reinforcement. Sounds exactly like Eddy! Another corgi-owner I know went to the herding thing and didn't like it. She didn't like how independent the dog's job was,…