Sheep herding bunny becomes online hit

The June video shows a persistent Champis running back and forth on the farm,trying to keep Nils-Erik and Greta Vigrens sheep together.

Greta Vigren said she first noted his talent last spring when they let out the sheep to graze for the first time after the long Swedish winter.

He just started to behave like a sheepdog, she recalled,adding that while he likes to round up the sheep,he is consistent about leaving the farms hens alone,treating them more gently. Hes like a king for the whole group. He thinks he rules over both the sheep and the hens. He has a very big ego.

Dan Westman,a sheepdog breeder who shot and posted the video of his friends bunny,said he was in awe when he first witnessed the phenomenon,noting Champis does the job even better than most dogs would.

Its incredible,its a herding rabbit, he said. He rounds them up,and if they get close to escaping through the gate he sometimes stops them, he said. I mean I work with sheepdogs and know how hard this is. There are very few dogs that could do what this rabbit does.