This is a strong image in my opinion but the most distracting element is actually the wonderful but dramatic sky, there's too much sky here imo, and if the shot were mine I'd crop a pile of it out of this shot. The shot is about the Sheep not the sky yet the sky takes up almost 1/2 the image and the sky is more dramatic than the sheep.

Just as an FYI dodging is the wrong term here. Dodging means 'to lighten'
the correct term is burning in. Personally it does not bother me. Normally the eye will go to the brightest part of an image, but that does not mean that it should be burned in in 100% of all images. This is especially true when we are talking about the sun.

The leading lines near the sheep are strong compositional elements. The curve at the far right that takes you away from the sheep is a distraction imo.

Although it is very obvious that this image has been 'processed' the processing is not over the top to my eye.

hope that helps - Marko