Dog ~ Loyalty

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Contrary Snake and Dog are bringing the message that our need for approval has left us stuck, frozen in our fear of rejection. Those of us who have Dog as a personal totem will recognize this behavior as we often hang on to disfunctional relationships, work environments and projects long after others would have let go and moved on. Snake tells us that we need to break this pattern if we are ever to move on to persue our dreams and fulfill our true life purpose. Dog tells me that this moving on and letting go of people or situations that are no longer serving you might be painful right now, but if we move forward we will find people who will love and accept us as we are and who will joyfully support us in the persuit of our dreams! Dog advises us to become like snake, shedding our skin so that we can move forward into new, more positive, realities.
~ Lady Wolfdreams

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Dog has been considered the servant of humanity throughout history. If a person carries Dog medicine, he or she is usually serving others or humanity in some way. Here you will find the charity worker, the philanthropist, the nurse, the counselor, the minister, and the soldier.

Dog was the servant-soldier that guarded the tribe's lodges from surprise attack. Dog is a medicine that embodies the loving gentleness of Best Friend and the half-wild Protector energy of territorial imperative. Like Anubis, the jackal dog protector of Egypt, Dog is a guardian. Throughout history Dog has been the guardian of hell as well as of ancient secrets, hidden treasures, and babies - while mothers were cooking or working in the fields. Dog honors its gifts and is loyal to the trust placed in its care.

In examining Dog medicine you might have fond personal memories of owning and loving Dog as a pet. The message that Dog is trying to give you is that you must delve deeply into your sense of service to others. Canines are genuinely service-oriented animals and are devoted to their owners with a sense of loyalty that supersedes how they are treated.

If Dog has been yelled at or paddled, it still returns love to the person who was the source of its bad treatment. This does not come from stupidity. Rather, it comes from a deep compassionate understanding of human shortcomings. It is as if a tolerant spirit dwells in the heart of every canine that asks only to be of service.

You can also see Dogs that have had the loyalty beaten out of them. They cower and cry at the slightest look of disapproval, but this is not their normal nature. Some varieties of Dogs have even been trained against their natures to be brutal and vicious. Out of a sense of service, these breeds have adopted the attack-oriented desires of their owners. They carry and altered genetic memory of what service means if they are to be approved of by their masters.

Dog medicine asks you to look at how readily your sense of loyalty is countermanded by your need for approval. Dog may be asking you to consider several questions:

1 - Have I recently forgotten that I owe my allegiance to my personal truth in life?
2 - Is it possible that gossip or the opinions of others have jaded my loyalty to a certain friend or group?
3 - Have I denied or ignored someone who is trying to be my loyal friend?
4 - Have I been loyal to my true goals?

~ From "Medicine Cards" by Jamie Sams & David Carson ~

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