One of our bonding aspects was that as artists we were all based around Warragul, a large regional centre in West Gippsland. Although there is a degree of disputation about what Warragul means, our initial idea was that �Wild dogs� would somehow represent the commonly accepted understanding of the word. I felt that we should have some sort of wild dog among our pieces as a means of identification. I also make a variety of junk sculpture dogs and this head was a step up from them and also a fine chance to combine some clearly junk pieces in a single image. It also has elements of humour in it in that the teeth are a recycled rabbit trap and this seemed to be appropriate