Lovely image, and practical enough to inspire me to want to shoot pets all day. However, the competition is high throughout the challenge. Technically this photo is very well done, but with costumes, props, expensive studio equipment, and advanced editing this may get mixed up in the middle somewhere. GL to you mate.
4 - Good potential. Just wish the flash/lighting wasn't so harsh and the focus didn't include the 'base' so much. A different pose/capture likely have given this extra too in my opinion.