To dream of dogs, the meaning, in a great measure depends on the sex. To dream that they fawn upon you, your company will be caressed by all. If one bites you, a man or woman, you may fancy your dearest friend will become your inveterate enemy. If a man dreams that a black bitch follows him, he is loved by a sincere, good natured female. If he cannot force the dog away he will be married. A woman to dream of a black dog following her, denotes the same. To dream a dog howls, you will hear of a death if it is playing about, look for prosperity.

To dream that you or someone has herpes, can have symbolic meaning of worry, nervousness and unease about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome in sexual activities. Maybe you have practised unsafe sex and now you have bad feeling about that. Are you expressing your regrets?