Wolf cub
A young wolf still in the den — pack training that has not yet hardened into the working hunter.
A wolf cub in a dream is the dream's image of pack training that has not yet hardened into the working hunter. The cub plays at the things the adult does for real; the play is the apprenticeship. The dream brings the cub when something in your life — a new discipline, a young person under your wing, a fresh part of yourself — is currently being formed by imitation of older, more competent versions of itself. A cub learning from the pack is the dream affirming the apprenticeship. A cub separated from the pack and trying to feed itself is the dream noting that the training was interrupted before completion, and the half-trained hunter is now in the field on its own.