I think this little un' says: " Stuuuu...I'm posing just for yoooou"
Very cute pose indeed and the framing is great. You are producing some really nice work lately!
DoF works, subject pops nicely among vegetation. IMHO colours are better in your repost, although the subject a bit yellow on my screen, I somehow expect a more reddish tinge to its fur but I could be wrong.
And I agree, it needs a tad more sharpening, maybe a bit more oomph too? So here's a humble RP, all I did was a Linear Contrast in Curves (applied selectively) then played a bit with colours, softened the BG and then a round of sharpening to the subject, face and chest only. I have never seen this species in real life so a lot of guesswork, sorry Stu
Kind regards,