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like someone said....try some outside stuff.
You seemed to have used direct flash......be it animal, person or still life can be very unflattering.
quite quirky little subjects.....get them in the garden grab some of their fav titbits and tease them to do what you want.
put them into the picture.....i.e choose the location and bring them into it.
And try to get down to eye level with the dog.........