Similarly, a dog running away from you could represent a relationship that you feel has become distant, or one you feel like you should remove yourself from. If the dog is running toward you in a way that feels nonthreatening, it could represent a new relationship. If you can’t catch the running dog, it could mean there is something in your life you want but can’t get. “If you dream of a dog chasing or threatening you,” Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, a dream analyst at, told Paw Culture, “it likely represents a situation in your life that makes you feel victimized, angry or powerless.” “You can tell the difference by how you feel and respond to the dog barking,” writes DeBord.Īgain, it’s important to note how you feel about the running dog. Alternatively, it could mean you feel like someone should be less demanding of you. DeBord in his book The Dream Interpretation Dictionary, a barking dog could symbolize the fact that you need to go easier on the people in your life, and be less demanding of them.

“For example, if I dream my dog is lying by the road with a broken leg,” Kramer writes, “I need to ask if I am giving it too much freedom to roam freely on the streets or be endangered by on-coming vehicles.”Īccording to J.M. But if the injured dog is your dog, according to holistic life coach Fran Kramer, it might be an indication of worry about the dog, or a warning that you need to take better care of it.

“Interpretation is bound to be a personal matter.”Īn injured dog might mean you are worried about your health, or a close relationship in your life. “In your own dream you will probably know if a dog is just a dog, or is a part of yourself,” Ray Douglas writes in Decoding Your Dreams. But what does it mean if we’re dreaming about them? Here’s what a few dream-interpretation experts think.īecause dogs live so closely with humans, most interpreters believe they, more than other animals, can act as our stand-ins in dreams. (Though we’re pretty sure they do dream.) It stands to reason, then, that they could be dreaming about us, their loving humans. Photo: Elles Rijsdijk / EyeEm/Getty Imagesīecause dogs can’t verbalize their experiences to us, we have no way of knowing exactly what they dream about.

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