Pretty sure Marvel's "Valhalla" is based on that church in foreground.

Little baby girl has a bodyguard of seven German shepherds.

Livestock guardian dog is having an interoffice affair and I'm afraid HR will have to be involved.

Golden retriever meets a baby goat.

The same golden retriever looks worried by the arrival of a bucket of puppies.

Golden is excited that grandma's visiting (and she comes bearing a gift).

Big ol' fluffy lifeguard.

It's not just dogs that act as protectors of their masters.

As Reagan said, the only thing better for the inside of a man is the outside of a horse. And he didn't even mean that sexually.

Mama cat and her clone kittens.

Taking a turn babysitting.

And sure, some dogs are straight-up Blue Falcons.

Sometimes the real dog guardians are humans.