いぬが走っていた。

eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac (The Dog, 7pm-9pm, west-northwest, September)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward