Homeowner Elizabeth Poindexter Shackelford poses with her adorable family dogs Goose and Wilson on the front porch of her Montrose, Arkansas, farmhouse designed by Heather Chadduck Hillegas.

The family’s French Poodle, Hugo, greets guests in this Canadian penthouse’s double height foyer. Among the room’s framed works, he almost looks like an artistic statue!

Designer Todd Romano stands in the entry of his San Antonio, Texas home. Perched on the stairs is his adorable English Lab, George.

The family’s adorable dog, Clementine, stands guard in a nursery designed by Lizzie Bailey.

Quite possibly the cutest guard we’ve ever seen, Zeus, the giant schnauzer of hostess Kimberly Whitman, keeps watch over the entrance of this wildly vivid Dallas estate designed by Jan Showers.

Cavalier King Charles spaniels Bella and Abby take refuge away from the hot California sun in this cozy outdoor parlor decorated by designer Peter Dunham. The walls are painted a custom blue shade from The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company to match the clear blue water from the neighboring pool.

In the marble foyer of designer Caroline Gidiere’s exuberant Alabama home, miniature English cream dachshund Buttercup welcomes guests to ponder over the collection of Chinese blue-and-white exportware vases and the classical moldings above. The Regency lantern above is from Vaughan.

Designer Philip Mitchell’s Ganaraskans, Wylo and Jacob, relax on a Dash & Albert rug in the cozy mudroom of this 18th-century Nova Scotia harbor cottage. Mitchell papered the ceiling in a Thibaut paisley print and painted the walls Hancock Gray by Benjamin Moore.

Pip, Clara, and Max nap on a built-in sofa surrounded by herb and vegetable beds in this Mediterranean-inspired oasis designed by landscape architect Scott Shrader. Agave salmiana and olive trees are among the various plantings decorating the 200-acre property in the mountains of Malibu.

Designer Christopher Spitzmiller and his Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Fanny, play in the snow as they wait for dinner guests to arrive at their Hudson Valley home. The shutters on the Greek Revival farmhouse are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy.

After roaming the halls and grounds of Château de Pouy-sur-Vannes, Gloria, the French hunting dog of Juan Pablo Molyneux, rests on a Chatsworth House-inspired canopy bed. Molyneux covered the pillows in a Sabina Fay Braxton fabric and the bench and wall in a La Manufacture Prelle fabric.

Bose, a handsome whippet, finds comfort on a leather English sofa within the home office of owner Michael DePerno. Lifelong furniture collectors, DePerno and his partner Andrew Fry sprinkled each room of their Connecticut cottage with pedigreed antiques like the office’s Native American rug and chair. The artwork is by Ronald Bladen.

Each room and hallway of designer John Oetgen’s 1960s Atlanta apartment acts as a gallery for his world-class art collection including the home library, where Double and Gibb relax on a custom sofa. A Venetian black bird mask and bronze rhinoceros from a Paris flea market keep the pair company. The cowhide rug is from Stark, and the floor lamp is by Robert Kuo.

Toy poodle Ted waits for guests in the entry hall of an Upper East Side townhouse designed by Alecia Stevens. The rug and stair runner made from antique rug fragments add a sense of old-school glamour to the contemporary space. Behind Ted hangs a photograph from Massimo Listri.

Nestled in the heart of Atlanta, Sadie and Tucker leisurely stroll in the interior courtyard of this English country-inspired home. Architect D. Stanley Dixon incorporated many windows and open doors to connect the contemporary interiors by Carolyn Malone to the surrounding tranquil and manicured gardens.