Noun : a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of zebras. ,The star was mobbed by a herd of autograph seekers. ,a herd of bicycles. ,He had no opinions of his own, but simply followed the herd.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The teacher herded the children into the classroom.    From Dictionary.com. 

The dog as worker is common in herding and farming cultures.    From Wordnik.com.  [roof dogs] Reference

I don't like the idea of herding goats when I could be watching football.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Frey: Turkeys, Traditions and Families On The Fabulous Beekman Boys Farm] Reference

“which ought to be useful in herding the Spanish-speakers” … I think your on to something there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antiwar.com: Enemy of the State « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference

Now the expression herding cats has been around for a while, and is generally meant to refer to (as suggested in the Urban Dictionary.    From Wordnik.com.  [MSDN Blogs] Reference

She's succeeded at organizing Congressional Dems-a job often described as herding cats-because she possesses a rare political quality: she's a leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaign 2006: Winner and Losers] Reference

The baby doesn't think the "herding" thing is too swift.    From Wordnik.com.  [bettyalready Diary Entry] Reference

I have been told that Icelanders do not take to 'herding' very well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Testing Your Mettle] Reference

Are they not clearing at all, but rather "herding" the militants to safety?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Mull: Preparing the American Invasion of Pakistan] Reference

They found the stock components exhibit herding, meaning they move in step with each other during these periods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Milestone Figures Grab Attention, but Their Impact Is Hazy] Reference

It also makes it possible for the group to avoid the "herding" that accentuates the flaws of group decision making.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kent Greenfield: The Supreme Court, Empathy, and the Science of Decision Making] Reference

"We were kind of herding him a little bit," Raines said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

"I do have a term that I call herding cattle with people.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Diego News] Reference

There was to be no more "herding" in fours, and so Barney Mulloy, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank Merriwell's Chums] Reference

The cruelty of the sick 'herding' tactic by militants is breathtaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

About 350 dogs are taking part in competitions such as herding, tracking, agility and obedience.    From Wordnik.com.  [WIBW - HomePage - Headlines] Reference

They were "herding" the speechless Barney toward the corral, in which the two vicious ponies had now been confined.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life at High Tide] Reference

I sent you to the herding, meaning to break your power over her, and all she could think o 'was my cruelty in sindering you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tommy and Grizel] Reference

The first is Bootes, (pronounced Bo'-oates) often called the Herdsman, who is thought of as "herding" the great bear, Ursa Major.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCook Daily Gazette Headlines] Reference

"herding", and disliked extremely, while recognising that it was a necessary arrangement to which it was his duty to conform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sisters] Reference

Handling the Senate, after all, is always like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Bush Needs To Learn] Reference

"They probably went after large herding animals," says Currie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just Be Glad They're Gone] Reference

"It's a pattern we see in modern herding animals," says Horner.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Theories And Old Bones Reveal The Lifestyle Of The Dinosaur] Reference

They're asleep a lot, bushed from all that deer chasing and livestock herding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura Munson: Dog Fog] Reference

People always say that trying to get Congress to do anything is like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Weiner: Sit!] Reference

IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, A mural of cowboys herding cattle hangs in the federal courthouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oprah: Home On The Range] Reference

His father went too far, Obama wrote, in repudiating his own Kenyan goat-herding background.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Night, Not-So-Sweet Prince] Reference

Wick says he prefers herding sheep when there are wolves about -- it's more natural that way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shepherd's Lament] Reference

I thought she was another denim dowdy herding her three jam stained kiddies through aisle 28.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Clearance] Reference

It's the story of a homosexual affair between two cowboys who meet while sheep herding in Wyoming.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sound of 'Brokeback Mountain'] Reference

He opens the door from the bedroom and moves out of the way, every day thinking the same thing, Like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man Down] Reference

Chilling video footage showed uniformed Indonesian soldiers herding the terrified people, hands held high over their heads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror In The Streets] Reference

The cow herding squads will herd their cows, minimising the sacred animals 'potential to snarl up even the best-laid plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Delhi battling human and financial cost of hosting Commonwealth Games] Reference

She ran out onto the ice and started pulling each of them back to the car by their jackets, herding them along like a sheep dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Everybody Was a Virgin Once] Reference

Others say that will take years to work; they favor herding a couple of hundred deer into a pen and shipping them to a slaughterhouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Backyard Bears] Reference

The people-watching options are meager: parents herding small children, white-sneaker tourists, office workers on extended happy hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [After the brawl: 'Do I look straight to you?'] Reference

This cryptic note, said to have been found in an old talisman in 1991, led at last to a yak-herding family's encampment in eastern Tibet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day Of The Living Buddhas] Reference

In terms of trying to get groups of people who don't like us to act in a certain way, to bend toward our example, it's like herding cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ron Suskind's Unified Theory Of Everything] Reference