Sheepdogs resemble the wolf, with fangs and the capacity for violence. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. The sheep would prefer a world without the sheepdog…until the wolf arrives.
Eyes on the Shepherd
Dave Grossman
On Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:1