First look I wrote this off for the harsh light, high contrast and the dogs eyes. Then I liked it more and more - especially the woman's expression. I still ended up thinking that the dog's eyes are distracting and robs it of some of its personality. It draws one's eyes to it all the time.
I don't really care for the strange use of photoshop to color certain parts of the image. Bad composite, it looks like, too, but maybe that's just the flash.