Dogs were an effective vehicle for Tamayo to create a metaphor for human violence during the dark times of the Second World War, and they were part of the artist's aesthetic preference until the end of his productive life. This wild dog wears a spiked collar, indicating it has been captured and is being used by humans for protection.

Rufino Tamayo used 4 stones to print 4 colors: orange, green, red, and black, in that order. Tamayo drew on the stones with lithographic crayons, liquid tusche, diluted tusche washes, and created subtractive textures with an eraser and scraping instruments.