I love this image, it is so well presented and edited. I gave it the 10 because it it a moving image and I loved the motion blur around the pup. A very true quote as well with this "powerful" image.
Congrats top 10. It was obvious to me this is a image from your heart.
This makes me so very sad. Great capture - hope it is staged, because it makes me sad to think it isn’t. Not sure on the processing, not my fav BUT I think you are trying to minimize the clutter. Not sure it was necessary.