Dreams of puppies are much more related to animals, more related to insects, and much more related to peers than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people and less related to strangers.

Dreams of puppies are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to confusion, and less related to fun.

Dreams of puppies are more related to home than dreams in general. They are less related to human-made places, less related to transportation, and less related to natural places.

Puppie dreams are less related to aggressive acts, less related to sex, and less related to disasters.

Puppie dreams are more related to bad dreams, more related to good dreams, and more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are much less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to recurring dreams.

Dreams of puppies are much more related to taste than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to vision.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience puppies in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about puppies in dreams. See how you feel about puppies now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Dogs are companions and friends, and a puppy is something new. Put the two ideas together and a puppy can symbolize a new friendship or something that makes you feel good. A puppy can symbolize a playful and carefree nature. A puppy can symbolize a child, or the relationship between a parent and child. Do you follow your parent (or sibling, or best friend) around like a puppy? Is your child like a puppy—happy, enthusiastic and always on the go and at your side? It can symbolize someone who is a follower, who trusts to the point of gullibility, who’s innocent. Think of someone described as “such a puppy.” It’s often a jaundiced way of characterizing someone who’s too eager for attention and can be exploited or mistreated. Rescuing a puppy can symbolize trying to preserve something “puppy-like” about yourself. It’s a common theme to summarize the experience of losing childlike innocence. It can symbolize rescuing a friendship. See: Rescuing Harming a puppy can symbolize taking advantage of innocence, or doing something reprehensible. The dream creates symbolism by making a comparison, and harming a puppy is generally considered reprehensible, something only a monster would do. And that’s just the beginning of the possibilities, because puppy symbolism can be an offshoot of dog symbolism. See: Dogs Also, as an animal, a puppy can connect with animal symbolism. See: Animals A key fact about puppies that can be used as symbolism is that they’re young. To explore that idea, see: Kitten. You can go a step further and read the entry for Baby. A puppy can symbolize anything that’s new about you and your life. Another key fact is that puppies are small, and in dream-speak that can mean easily overlooked or unimportant. If you’ve been thinking about adopting a dog, you can dream about it as a sort of dress rehearsal or way of exploring whether it’s what you really want. See also: Adoptions, Animals, Babies, Children, Dogs, Kittens, Pets, Rescuing, Youth