Sight- critique

[Original Moments by aj]

So, this photo is called Sight, Its of a dog named Zoey who I'm just getting to know. Shes a dog being trained by a man trained by Brad from the show " at the end of my leash"...Anyways, the photo was by accident, but I'd like your opinion of it anyways.

I know it would have worked if i had a reflector to brighten up her eye, however ,what else do you thnk could have been better?

**Keep in mind, that as per usual I will not do PP on my images, but love opinion on what could have been done better at the time**

Do you think the image works? ( in general)
Does the cut of quart of her face work to create some depth to her??( as in individual i mean)
And do you think the image still.. flows even tho my dog (Athena) is in the background as a giant grey blur??



Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XSi
Lens: 55mm
ISo: 1600
Focal Length: 40mm
Exposure Compensation: --
Aperture: f/ 11
Shutter Speed: 1/ 1000

I know that eveyrthings up in the image, but it was to attempt to compensate for the way the weather was being all .. not co operative. ;p