When I lucid dream a dog appears

[Kanes Messenger]

Hey all,

So 2 of the more vivid "Real" lucid dreams I've had more recently involved me realizing I'm dreaming, then doing the jump test to become Lucid.

2 of the times as soon as I became lucid everything was very intense - the realization I am in another world. This is not some "false" world compared to the "real" physical waking life, but an intrinsic complex reality of it's own. This "Ah" moment when I first become lucid is overwhelming for my physical consciousness to become aware of. When I have these times a dog will always appear, and I usually start feeling very emotional, a little bit of sadness and a lot of love. One dream I hugged the dog and said "I love you" and was almost crying then woke up, more recently it was a white dog (other was black) and I remember feeling a bit emotional but didn't actually remember it until a day later when reading about dreams.

I asked the universe why I see a dog when I lucid dream quite often. The response was something like this:

When I become lucid, I know I am awakening to a new reality, not just playing in imagination land. It is very real. Since my physical consciousness is limited in what it comprehends about the universe, it can become very scared when something from the unknown begins moving to my conscious mind. When I have these dreams, my higher self recognizes this and may be creating a dog in my dreams to help allay any fears I have of the dream world, since I love dogs. This hypersensitive emotional lucid dream world seems to amplify everything, so by placing a dog in the dream when I become lucid, I bring up the feeling of love to conquer my subconscious fears.

So anyway, this is just a theory I came up with about why I've seen dogs recently when lucid in dreams. If anyone has and ideas on alternative reasons and would like to add to what I said it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks! 

[Volgerle]

A spontaneous idea would of course be that it's also your Power Animal or Animal Totem.

[Kanes Messenger]

Ah right I've heard of that. The thought crossed my mind too. Could you tell me a bit more about that? Sometimes during important moments of waking life I spontaneously visualize vivid images of tigers, later looking this up and finding out tiger animals can appear for people at hard emotional moments as a symbol of courage and whatnot.

[Szaxx]

Hi Kanes, take a look at this, yours in in there...
http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdictionarysearch.pl?method=exact&header=dreamsymbol&search=dog

[monicat777]

You love and are drawn to dogs.  You said you received the message that the dog- being something familiar... was meant to allay your fears, or "protect" in a way.  IMO it's a sort of guardian/invitation. 

See if you can follow it or walk with it.  If you could jump inside and see what it sees/go where it goes- that could be pretty interesting too!!

Sounds very positive all around- have fun with it and explore.

[Astralzombie]

The NP and higher realms know just about everything there is to know of us so it reacts in ways that can help put us at ease or if need be, it can do the exact opposite.

I choose to trust that it is always working in my best interests and I haven't been let down yet. So if dogs make you feel comfortable, it may be a good sign that you are on the right track to something.

On the other hand, if you are presented with something that scares the bejezzus out of you, it may just be a test to see how well you have progressed.

So long as you remember that you are always safe, you should be fine and can turn any experience into an enjoyable one.

[raditus]

i get this medium sized white dog in my dreams once in a blue moon. A white, short-haired  dog.

The first time, it was attacking some woman and I beat it off her, saving her.

Second time I was in my basement and what looked like the same dog was outside, just outside the sliding glass door. It started going crazy, barking at me through the glass! Then it phased through the glass completely, leaving the glass intact, leapt on me and tried going for my throat!