Black bear sniffing at my Indie dog

Hello. I posted this in the Dreams section as well - but wanted to post it here too (hope that's okay) in case someone has some ideas about this dream from an Indigenous perspective.

My boy Indigo has cancer again - perianal tumour. Last night I had a pretty cool dream.

I was in a van with Indie, I let him out to wade around in a water-filled ditch.

Then a black bear appeared from the forest and began marching toward us. I was terrified - yelling at Indie to get into the van. The black bear inched up behind him and began to sniff at him - his back end (where the tumour was before Monday's surgery).

I tried pushing the bear's face away from my dog, and she started getting angry at me so I backed off. Indie was completely oblivious to the bear sniffing at him.

Yet I still got him into the van and tore away from the bear.

In my culture, bears are teachers about healing and medicine. Great ... but why the heck was I trying to get away from her?

I put down Tobacco tonight and thanked the Spirit Bear for the dream.

Any thoughts? Thank you!

[Thunder Bow]

The bear is death seeking your dog. Did you take the dog to the Vet in a van for the operation? You were saving your dog in the dream.

Thanks, Thunder Bow. This surprises me and yet it doesn't. Because why was I scared of the Bear unless it was trying to take my dog?

No, the van was the first vehicle I had when I adopted Indie. We now have a Nitro.