I got this after a trip to Peru to commemorate seeing Andean Condors and to remind me of the amazing ceramics we saw in many museums. This is a lovely piece, a perfect replica.
I believe this dog is a portal to the deceased loved ones undergrouund. There have been some deaths in the family so I memorialize them with these dogs who protect those in the afterlife. There are more types and I have more. They are on a "Loved One's" table top of a cabinet. It soothes me.