That was the question Joyce Shepherd posed, figuratively speaking, as she welcomed Dargo into the pen with three of her sheep.
The answer, it turns out, is yes.
Dargo was one of about 30 corgis present at Shepherd’s farm on Sunday for the Golden Gate Pembroke Welsh Corgi Fancier’s Club annual Herding Instinct Test.
Dargo was being a little bit bossy yesterday evening as we strolled along the neighborhood streets. I was a little irritable myself; but generally speaking nothing in the walk was outside the ordinary. Nothing, that is, until Dargo began making heaving sounds, and became demonstrably incapable of drawing in enough air.
Dargo is all corgi, so he was born hating getting his nails trimmed. I tried the recommended technique: sitting down, dog on your lap, with his back against your belly while you work on his nails.
I failed miserably. Dargo howled like he was in profound despair, and wiggled so much I couldn’t get a single nail clipped.