Love this one, it's cute! The dog's head being tilted a bit (ears not evenly lined up) may be somewhat distracting, but not too bad at all. Am wondering how you got the dog to stay so still for this shot! ;-) Excellent composition and lighting. Great picture, fits the theme purr-fectly!
Yeah, the choice is more like, "which first?"
BTW, almost anything with a dog gets at least an 9.
It's that DOF thing...I'd have given up a little of the pup for sharper food.
A vertical crop off the bottom would have been approprate and I also think that the focus would have been more interesting if it was on the food rather than the cat. Good image.