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Ipse_Dixit said:

The dog is the newborn child taking my "momma" from me. Also it feels like my therapist is bringing her personal life (in the form of her dog) into my session.

Maybe I am too, in the fact it is making me think of how it felt growing up to have my parents forget about me to take care of my younger siblings (at the same time they sent me off to school, a double-whammy of abandonment.)

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This is so insightful of you, Ipse. How fascinating the transference that we can engage it. But you know what? You are aware. And that's a big accomplishment. You pulled it out of unconscious, and now you are aware. Is it possible that if the dog stays in sessions, you can use this to your benefit? To discuss your awareness, and to work through the transference of your 'momma' being taken away? You see, if the dog goes away, that won't remove the problem.... because it's already there; you are already aware of it. Perhaps this is a chance for you to work through something really important.