What are panther dreams about?

So, last night I had a dream I was at work and working on equipment when a black panther showed up. It appeared interested in me like it wanted to protect me. It wanted attention too.

Made me curious about it the articles I have found so far have and nobody saying this animal wanted to protect you most articles I found was exact opposite of what mine was.

Anyone have anything similar happen to them?

Hello to everyone. I do not usually post anything anywhere but I've just woken up from a dream that feels totally different than any other one. I myself am looking into it and doing research but I would love to hear the thoughts and feedback of others

(seeing as I have no friends to really talk to lol)

I consider myself to be pretty spiritual and very open minded as well so please let me know what y'all might think of this.

Dream:

I had a dream I was at a hotel. It seemed dark out. Like the sun had either just set or was about to rise. As I was getting out of the car I saw a big cat (I believe to be a puma) coming at me. I cant recall whether it was slowly coming at me or was already mid lunge. (My intuition says it was walking towards me) When I turned to get back into the car it had started its attack and was on my back. I couldn't see or feel it but I could hear it's deep snarls and breaths. I felt its weight on my back. Like it was latched to me. I was numb and pretty much paralyzed. I began slipping into a deeper unconsciousness and I let it take me.  As my vision blurred and everything became darker I felt sharp and sudden fear. This fear disturbed what seemed to be my otherwise peaceful transition to the next life and I felt that this fear was not of death itself,  but fear of leaving my S/O alone, of dying on her. Once I realised that emotion, that's when had awoken. Fear spread throughout my body and the first thing I needed was my S/O.

So I had this really bizarre dream least night, bordering on a nightmare. I don't remember the exact start, but I was walking along a riverbank in a desert or mesa sort of area. The water was clear and calm and I could see fish in the river. They were all metallic silver with specks of other colors, mostly red and orange. Then I noticed a dead one, buried in the sand underwater. When I saw the dead one, everything got dark as night. I think it actually became night in the dream. so I followed the river upstream and uphill to a sort of precipice which seemed to be the origin of the of the river. At the top were some bushes, all dry but still having leaves. Then a black, 4-legged figure steps out of the water. At first I thought it was a panther. It ignored me. It walked down the other side of the bank, away from me. Then it took off running. As it ran, everything shifted: the river was gone, the desert bushes turned into the lilacs I have in my back yard. The creature stopped running. I could see now it was a huge dog, think something the size of a Great Dane with the build of a Doberman. It also had no tail. Realizing I was at home and potentially in danger, I stood up, and the dog turned to look at me. I was only maybe 10 feet from my door and the dog was easily 30 feet away from me, and downhill. So I ran towards my door but the dog shot like lightning, teeth-bared towards me. I reached the door, opened it and shouted to let my parents (whom I live with) know that there was a big black hound outside. But I couldn't finish the sentence. I think I managed to close the door before the dog got me, but everything that had happened seemed to fade into nothing and i couldn't finish yelling my sentence because i had nothing to say. then the dream just dissolved away. i have no idea what this dream means. if someone could tell me, I'd really appreciate it.

Last night I dreamt that I bought the restaurant across the street from my house. It's a coffee and sandwich place which I go to often and am friendly with the owner.

It was a nightmare.

I had to learn how to cook everything in the kitchen, They had oddly shaped fractal pans for each egg sandwich (like weird almost maple leaf shapes). I couldn't get the omelets to cook correctly and was brow beaten by the kitchen staff. I had to keep the knives organized in a special drawer. The bookkeeping and payroll was nonsensical and the employees were threatening to quit. The worst part was the Narnia door in the back where I had to wrestle foxes, raccoons, and panthers in a weird dirt paved alley way. The pervious owner was there and kept referring to me as his apprentice.

I went over there after I woke to get a coffee in the morning, I saw the owner. he's not usually working on the weekend. I told him about my dream and it seemed he was living the nightmare I had. He said to make him an offer and the restaurant would be mine.

Should I make an offer?

I (48 M) (married and father of 3 young kids)just dreamt that I lived in a large single family house with a pool in the backyard. In my dream, I realize that there are big cats ( tigers/ panthers ) roaming my front lawn. Also in my dream I see a bear in the backyard and it just dives into the pool like it lives there on the property.

I recently bought an 8 week old husky in real life. In my dream, the husky is grown and when I open the front door of my house, the husky is trying to get out to protect me and my family from these wild beasts (big cats) sitting in the front lawn.

In my dream, it’s nighttime fwiw...any thoughts??