Artist Reply: Thanks Loredana...2 meanings and more...A "salty dog" is a good-time drink...But Hurricane Katrinia mixed her own concoction...and many people were like mongrel lost dogs beseiged by the elements...In the picture there are at least two dogs ..one is in the forefront under the moon and being tossed into the air, as raging waves besiege him...Many old salts (sailors) are called "old sea dogs" ...I could go on and on with different analogies, but I prefere if the viewer can build his own story/stories from the work, using only the title as a springboard for action.