Searching for a lost pet is read as worry about losing something you love and feel responsible for. Dream books also see it as missing comfort, loyalty or simple affection in your life. Calling a pet that does not come is linked to a bond that feels distant, and finding it again to reconnection with what steadies you. Dreaming that a pet who has already died is lost is usually read as grief still finding its way. If the animal runs away on purpose, tradition reads it as a part of you seeking more freedom. It can help to ask what gives you that quiet, loyal comfort now.
Has this come up in your dreams before? What was going on in your life then?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.