Akamaru(my energetic little fluff-ball ^-^ )

I know I haven't submitted anything in a long time, but I've been real busy(and it didn't help that my internet was down the whole week last week >.<)and I've kinda been dry on ideas.This is an attempt do try and draw realistic looking characters and animals,my mom said i need to branch out from just dragons and fantasy creatures.so I tried drawing my dog(Akamaru) I actually drew this from a picture that I took of this energetic fluffball,if anyone would like to see the pic all they have to do is post a message to my profile requesting I put up the pic.The gray-ish looking spots is were i tried to shade it XP.The Drawing and the pic are alittle different(shading) and it's a night pic so it might be alittle hard to see,i took it with my Motorola,not the best quality.Akamaru has a way of ticking people off,and she knows it! my mom hates to hear constant barking,adn when akamaru sees her that's all she'll do(throw in some whining to try and get out of the pin)and that sets mom off.She always decides she wants to play around and jump on you when your wearing good clothes too.Just incase anybody is wondering she is a Greyhound/husky mix