I like the composition of your shot. You've basically used the rule of thirds to establish an inner border to the picture. A piece of life advice after reading others' comments on your pictures - just because some people come across as know-it-alls and eager to tell people what to do, does not mean their input is not valid, or not worth listening to. Learn what you can. Ignore the rest. You've done a great job of capturing a meaningful moment.
I elected to use a rating table to decide on what value to assign during voting.
Here’s the table:
1 No Animal/People Interaction
2 Slightly Appealing, but no Animal/People Interaction
3 Moderately Appealing, but on Animal/People Interaction
4 Greatly Appealing, but no Animal/People interaction
5 Not Appealing, but possessing Animal/People Interaction
6 Slightly Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
7 Moderately Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
8 Greatly Appealing and possessing Animal People Interaction
9 Better than #8, and caused an audible sigh
10 Better than #9, and would likely declare it a favorite
I think this shot would have done better if you had utilized the maximum length allowed for at least one side, which is 640 pixels. Otherwise, I think this is a cute picture of a boy and his kitty.
The size of the shot doesn't unfortunately do the subject(s) any justice.
I can barely see the child's joy at playing with the cat, his face is in shade and the long grass in front detracts.
This looks to be a very good entry for this challenge, but it is too small to see well enough to tell, which is a shame! There is a tutorial here: //www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=26
This should help you take full advantage of the size allowed for the challenges.