Black Dogs Options

Forgive me if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I haven’t seen anything about it yet.
Throughout my childhood I often saw a large black dog following me or walking around my yard at night. It would come and go but was mainly present during times of high stress. Anytime I asked anyone I was with about it they told me they didn’t see anything and thought I was just imagining things.
I’ve tried looking it up online and collected a few folktales about them but most seem to imply that it is a death omen of sorts. Given that I’m a live after twenty some odd years of seeing it I rather think the folktales are off a bit but I’m unsure as to why its there and what if anything I should be doing about it.
It has shown up in a few pictures I’ve taken during rituals, even though no one saw it at the time. I thought it might be some sort of familiar except that it always feels vaguely threatening. Anyone have a similar experience or advice?

My best friend used to have dreams of a black dog all the time. She would also see the black dog at night, she said that she always felt threatend or frightend whenever she saw it. She said she felt like it watched her all the time. We just kept writng down her feelings and the times it was happening, basically takeng down any notes we could. Comoe to find out, it was a symbol of her feeling betrayed in some way. After we figured that out she stoped seeing the black dog. I hope you figure out your situation soon.

moonlit

This post has been edited by moonlit: May 4 2006, 09:25 PM