Reply #151: Well, the way they herd sheep is modified wolf behavior

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

They go through the stalking without the killing part.

Mick, our oldest dog, has a great "eye." When he crouches down to herd (or even to prepare to chase a tennis ball), he stalks it, and his eyes get really intense and just go flat black. It's definitely intimidating. He did it once to someone at the dog park, and the guy said, "if I didn't know those dogs did that, I'd think he was getting ready to tear my throat out."

When he was younger, the rams could sometimes stare him down, and now, they can't stare him down. I watched him back down a ram who was trying to head butt him a couple weeks ago. It was pretty cool.