Well, I have 11 more rows to go before shaping the front legs and I still can't figure out if I did the rear legs correct. The pattern instructed me to increase 1 st at the end of the 2nd row and every row at the same edge. The first time, I increased at the end of the 2nd row and the beginning of the 3rd row, and continued until there were 20 sts. However, it didn't look right, so I ripped it out and only increased at the end of every odd row. I'm not confident that I made the right choice and am not looking forward to getting to the end of the upper body only to find out that I messed up at the very beginning of it.
After looking at other finished Eeyore projects on Ravelry, I've decided that I should have stuck with increasing every row and will rip out once again. They say 3rd time is a charm :)