The white in the eyes is from the late afternoon sun
A shadow is always 180 degrees opposite the light source, in this case it is almost directly below the muzzle suggesting the primary source was directly overhead? Catch lights are high and appear to be in different locations on pupils?
Not your cookie cutter composition and I really like it.
The grass and twigs to the right in the frame works for me. In a perfect world I would prefer the "bunny ears" sticks behind your subjects head not to be there.
I agree with Chas on the shadows(sun being high right of your subject) in relation to the catch light. The catch light would be high in the eye, but these do appear to be in a different location in each eye(as Chas mentioned)
Did you add or enhance the catch light.
Thanks for posting this OOTB composition of a beautiful creature.
Charles - I have double checked the metadata - I took the photo at 6:11 pm on 1/22/10. It could possibly have been at 5:11 if I had the wrong time due to daylight savings, so the light could not have been directly overhead, especially in the winter. I also checked to make sure and no flash fired. The catch lights are what was natural and I took a series of photos at that time and they all have the same appearance. Thanks for looking.
James - Thanks, no I didn't do anything to change the eyes. I am new to all this and only PP in Aperture so most adjustments I make are limited. I did think to crop it vertically, but was never quite sure I liked it as much. Who knows, some make like it better.