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Until about a hundred years ago, domestic animals like horses pigs, cows, poultry, dogs and cats were a part of human everyday life. They were productive and useful animals. In dream they remain helpful animals, i.e. they symbolize helpful psychic functions. In modern industrial society, man has lost his personal relationship to domestic animals. The pets kept in a big city nowadays are a substitute for lack of affection. This should be taken into account when interpreting the dream. The owners frequently identify themselves with their animal favorites. The attention and affection which they show to their pets is of a conversely erotic nature.
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