Anatolian livestock guardian dogs are fierce enough to take on grizzlies and wolves, but gentle enough to babysit toddlers.

Montana rancher Lauren Stoddard told Cowboy State Daily that she wasn’t the least bit surprised by the account of an Anatolian Pyrenees rescuing a lost toddler in Arizona this month. 

After all, her huge dogs of similar breed, Anatolian Shepherds, are gentle with and protective of her own toddler daughter. 

“That doesn’t surprise me at all,” she said of reports of Bodin Allen, 2, being protected and led to safety by an Anatolian Pyrenees dog named Buford.

Anatolian Pyrenees are a combination of Anatolian Shepherds and Great Pyrenees breeds, both of which have been historically relied upon as livestock guardians.