Cute dog but the picture needs some reshooting.
You've cut off her legs (in a non-destructive way luckily), there is too much non-contributory space on either side of her (crop it in portrait mode), the picture is underexposed (most of her face has no detail in the shadows) and it seems OOF.
Your f stop should have been fine to capture this, my guess is that you just missed the focus.
Sorry
Camera Make: SONY
Camera Model: DSLR-A100
Image Date: 2007:03:10 17:08:07
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 105.0mm (35mm equivalent: 157mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual