Dogs in my space, where's my power?

Dream
Jan 17, 2011

I was in my basement with my husband. We are standing in the room where the breaker box is, we want to shut the power to the playroom (this is my baby's room now).  There are tags indicating which switch goes to what room, I see one clearly marked "playroom" but instead of my husband switching that one off, he switches 4 of them at the same time, right underneath the switch marked playroom.  He asked me to go upstairs to check if the lights were off in the playroom, I knew it wouldn't have been, but i didn't argue and headed up the stairs.  As I go up, I see a German Shephard in my house, I am scared and I wonder how I am going to remove him. He wants to play and go further into the house, so i decided to sit on him slightly as to tame him and control him a bit.  After a while I am able to grab him by the collar and take him out.  I quickly shut the door, I then investigate and checked my other doors so he won't come in a different way.  I go to my front door, and the wind is opening and closing my glass door.  I see a big sheep dog and another dog on my porch trying to come in.  I grabbed the doorknob and closed the door shut quickly, it was difficult since it was so windy.  I turned around and there was a black Lab licking my hand, I recognize him but now I have to get him out through another door.  I go to the previous door, and the German Shephard is still there waiting to come in.  That's when my husband comes up to say, "Hey, what about the lights", I explain what happened and the I woke up. 
End of Dream

Synchronicity 1:  A few days after I had this dream, I was walking with my girls and we saw a black Lab coming towards us, had no collar or tags, a little scary but we soon found out he was friendly, my daughter remembered a neighbor getting a new dog, and so we took the dog to that neighbor and sure enough it was theres.
Synchronicity 2: Neighbors behind us never had a dog and all of a sudden they have a German Shephard in their backyard, I wonder if there daughter has been home for the holidays and it's hers.


Interpretation or Insights...
After i wrote these synchronicities, I realize the words "collar and tags"  which reminds me of the dream where the switches had tags (i think of identity) the dog in real life had no tags yet my daughter knew where it belonged.  Clearly the dogs in my dream didn't know where they belonged, i felt like they were trying to invade my space, like they were coming in without permission, clearly crossing a boundary.  But they just want to play???? Is someone trying to shut off the power to my playroom??? Am I not allowing myself to play???  What are the different types of dogs trying to tell me???  It is interesting that one is a German "Shephard" and the other a "sheep" dog, and I felt like i was herding the dogs away from the inside of my house. 4 dogs and 4 switches.  When someone else is in control of my "power" I no longer can control what comes into my space, my living space. 

Insights are welcomed.  Start with " If this were my dream..." and keep it in first person as if you are experiencing the dream for yourself.... refrain from saying "you"

example... If this were my dream i'd wonder why I didn't speak up when my husband asked me to go upstairs and I knew that he shut off the wrong lights, also for me dogs may mean a man's best friend, loyalty, playfulness.  So I'd wonder why are these loyal pets (which aren't mine) trying to come in?  I wonder if the dogs are the playful parts of me that want to be recognized and allowed back in?

Also pulled a tarot card, "The Lover's" here is an image.