Julie,
very nice portrait and I'm sure the owner(s) love it. There's a little too much cloning going on in the background for me but the dog is lovely.

Yes, she needs to have her rear pulled out some (the rear hocks should always be perpendicular to the ground) but everything else is so nice it isn't a big issue.

Julie, my comments weren't meant to be critical in a negative way. You have very good photographic skills. To take great portraits, you need to understand what image the owner(s) have in their heads. That's the image you need to create.

Very, very nice work.

Jim