wild animal clarification

[Dain]

Nobody can assist a wild animal player: Ok

What happened when a friendly player, beside him, has guard?
Can he assist the block?

and
imagine rat ogre want to block zug(st5 vs st5)
there are one more opponent in front of ratogre and one friend beside him (with guard)
How many dice has ratogre to block zug? What happened if opponent has guard?

--ZO--
--RF--

z:zug
o:opponent (with and without guard)
r:ratogre
f:friend with guard

[Deathwing]

Nobody can assist a wild animal player: Ok

What happened when a friendly player, beside him, has guard?
Can he assist the block?

and
imagine rat ogre want to block zug(st5 vs st5)
there are one more opponent in front of ratogre and one friend beside him (with guard)
How many dice has ratogre to block zug? What happened if opponent has guard?

--ZO--
--RF--

z:zug
o:opponent (with and without guard)
r:ratogre
f:friend with guard

Guard has no relevence to WA. No assists are no assists.

It's a 1D Block normally (F still cancels O's assist).
If O has Guard it's a 2D Defender's choice, regardless of whether F has Guard or not.
HTH!