The title is an old idiom "put on the dog", meaning to behave extravagantly, lavishly, or self-importantly; to make an ostentatious production or appearance.
This cartoon is often considered to be a sequel to the previous Tom & Jerry cartoon, "The Bodyguard", since it was released after it and also because at the end of "The Bodyguard", Spike the bulldog is captured by a dog catcher while in this episode he is seen in a dog pound.
Scott Bradley utilized for the first time the Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique for this cartoon's score. This would be the first time that this technique was used in any film score.
Among the dog breeds seen are a St. Bernard, a sheepdog, a Belgian Malinois, a dachshund, several mixed breed mutts, and the favorite canine antagonist of animators everywhere, an English bulldog.