Nice shot, but the title makes the viewer go so much deeper into the photo. Together, as a package, the shot and the title are grand! I see a dog... the face of a cougar, the state of Michigan and a forest blanketed with snow.
I see a lot of noise in this one. It looks like is was taken with a pretty high ISO, so backing that down a bit and increasing you exposure time would have helped that out. Or, using a bit of Neat Image will also pull out the noise. I do like the feel of speed and movement that you created, but the tree limb is a bit distracting. A different point of view would have helped out some as well.