My mom was telling me her dream today in the morning, it involved her, our dog, and a horse. A day ago our dog passed away and it left us feeling with a lot of grief and sadness since he was like a family member and we loved him dearly. Anyway in her dream our dog is beside her, she is traveling down a path at night when suddenly a wild horse blocks her path and starts kicking its hooves towards her, our dog springs into action and immediately starts defending her, trying to distract the horse and giving her time to run away from danger. She tells me the dream slowly starts to end and before it does she no longer sees the horse or our dog, leaving her confused. Like i said the death was very recent and i was wondering if it had any special meaning in regards to her dream. Any insight is appreciated.
A horse is usually a positive symbol in a dream, and a wild horse in a dream is associated with freedom. In this case, however, the horse is being violent and dangerous and trying to hurt your dog. This sounds like this could have to do with strong, troubling emotions that your mother needs to release. I'm assuming the dream is just about the grief over the loss of your dog and there isn't anything else going on in your mother's life that could be affecting the dream.