His independent punk films featured real-life aggression and violence, most notoriously "Dog Shot Film"/"Shot Dog Film", where he adopted a dog from an animal shelter in Golden, Colorado, chained it to a stake, and filmed his hand shooting it dead. This was followed by four fight films, where Otterness, an amateur boxer, filmed his own Golden Gloves fights. "Shot Dog Film" premiered at a Times Square screening room in early 1978, the film being shown in a loop, and viewers were flash-photographed when they left. The film was the only entry that was not accepted in the "Punk Art Catalog", due to its offensive nature. Otterness described it as follows: