This whole dream thread about pets is of great interest for me.
I've always thought about my reoccurring dreams about my cats as having to do with my "inner Child" or "inner kitten", if you will ;-)

I have these dreams nearly every night, where they have escaped out a window or someone has accidently let them out and I and freaking out. A couple of nights ago I dreampt that one of them was headed out the window and I had to hold onto her frail aging kitty body so hard that it was going to kill her.

The very next dream I had was where I had rescued her and held onto her tightly but when I looked, she was dead and flying away into dust.

After these two dreams, I asked myself: What is it that I'm holding onto so tightly? What if I let go?

Last night my dreams were about being embraced into a spiritual community.

Interesting, huh?