So I read some similar things and I'm burning some sage... Like the stuff you would get in the kitchen. My family is Christian, I obviously am not, so I can't exactly ask my mom for help.
A while ago somewthing similar happened to me and I had really no idea how to be rid of it. Eventually I kinda just left it and began a more positive view (was going through a few hardships) and eventualy I began to not feel its presence as often as I would previously. That is the only way I got rid of it but you could try protection-based spells or banishment spells.
But I often do feel these presences still but I have learned to overcome it.
I experience these things daily and the thing I do is, forget about it erase it from my mind go on with the day, I also analyze why these things are happening because every encounter has a very deep meaning. I 100% agree on blakeyboy to what he said.
Hello there, Never just learn to live with thing's that you don't know ( answering you question above my comment before i answer the main one )....
Believe it or not, i grew up in a family of Catholic's so i feel your struggle ...You can't ask for help and you can't explain thing's to them without them thinking your worshiping the devil ( depending on what degree of comfortable-ness they are with you and what you practice ).
To answer your main question : The presence is a sign that you either A) were visited by something either passing through or coming to see you or B) you called apon something ... Sometimes when we are in a relaxed enough state we tend to let our subconsious control what we are doing and we no longer are doing what we thought we are doing, if that makes sense....
Dog's can mean a number of things... i think it would be best to look for information on the symbolism of dog's since i can't provide you with an answer .
If you felt threatened then i personal think the best thing to do is go back and burn some sage while you meditate and vizulize you clesnsing you and the area around you
If you felt a malevolence force when it came near, I wouldn't exactly ignore it, yes it could mean something more, but since I never had an experience like you had I can't say for certain.
A dog could symbolize for anything, it could be good, it could be bad, or it could mean absolutely nothing.
It won't be like the Harry Potter dog the "Grim" or whatever it was called, but I would burn some sage, like you did, cast a banishing spell, and a protection spell, just to be safe. Since you don't know what type of spirit came to visit you.
You said the dog was mangy, mangy how? Was it loosing fur, or just scruffy looking?
It could also be in your head or you subconciously thought of a dog, which was why a mangy dogged popped into your head.
If that's the case, then burning sage was a good thing, I would try a banishing/protection spell. It could also just your fear getting to you or your getting ready to face your buggest fear.
My fear is the dark, I freak out wheb the power goes out, or if I forget to turn on my bathroom light. It still scares me, but I have my phone as a flash light when I forget or if my power goes out. I know someday I'll have to face it, but I just can't.
Our mind is one of the most powerful when we imagine things, it makes things seem real, while in reality it isn't. The reason why I became afraid of the dark was because I thought I saw a shadowy figure standing at the end of my bed, but when I closed my eyes and prayed, it was gone. I still couldn't figure it out, I see shadowy figures all the time, but this gave me a bad vibe, so I ended up sleeping with my light on.
Perhaps your fear of dogs came to you while you were doing your guided chakra meditation, something in your mind triggered that fear, so you saw a mangy dog in reponse to that trigger.
