[Mr.Intensity]

Here's My Simple Attempt...



I duplicated the image / raised the color levels-the red and blue-tried to give him a bit more color, especially in the face / used the unsharpen mask a couple of times / I used the oval select tool to cut him out, meanwhile...

Layer2: I cloned the lawn to fill it in (covered the dog too/ sharpened it / used the unsharpen mask strongly / then I applied a Gaussian blur to the lawn.

Step 3: I pasted the dog (from the first layer) onto the lawn / used the eraser tool to get the blured lawn back /

finally: I applied a canvas effect / then I oilified it lightly / then reapplied the canvas brush lightly / cropped it, and there's your pooch