racoons and white dogs

Well I didn't think much of this till just a little while ago. I often experience sleep paralysis, or those "feel real" dreams, well whetever there called I have them at least three times a week. well its been happening consitantly everytime I've dosed off the last three days, and everytime it felt like I was flying and everytime I landed on the lounge chair in my backyard next to this big old tree. I look around but can't move, and see a BIG fury racoon, which then changes to a white dog. Then another one apears on the other side of me. They look like the bull dog from looney toons, but skinnier. They both growl at me and advance. Just at the last moment I launch back up in the air and land in my pool and sink to the bottom. Thats when I wake up. The thing is, I know it's just a dream the whole time, and I think, "I gotta wake up, I MUST wake up"

Just about 20 minutes ago I woke up from one. I was laying on my side on my couch, with my face to the back of it. Well the paralysis kicked in, and in the backrest was like a white, well, i dont know quite how to explain it, it looked kinda like the ghost dog zero from the night before christmas. It groweled at me so i groweled back. I woke up really sweaty. It kinda scared me. Just like the other ones I was thinking " I MUST wake up"

Sorry about rambling on, I just felt like getting it off my chest. Can anyone make sense of this? It's really been bothering me.