Awe. Poor Chester.

I had a dream featuring a dog - we were playing footbal - like a real official game with uniforms..and I threw the ball to my reciever - a dog that caught it in his mouth and ran for a touchdown.

Dreams with strong emotional and symbolic content (whether positive, as with your dream, or negative) are the easiest to recall. It also helps to awaken at least partially during the dream, as the machinery that lays down long term memory is dormand during sleep.

That's a nice dream to have. I don't know if I've ever had one that I had fond memories in. Mine have always been very vivid, weird dreams. Many of which I don't really care to relive.