The first one is in a genre! Google for "sudden giant nostril" there''s some funny stuff.
The dog is cute, the viewpoints are somewhat interesting. I wouldn't call these great portraits of the dog, but there's a little visual interest in them. The second one has a little something unique and maybe special, it strikes me as capturing some of the intensity of a dog looking.. well, intently at something.
The first one especially seems a bit overexposed. Of course the background is blown out, there's just too much tonal range in-frame, but the dog's snout it also blown out. The second one looks about right.
Keep at it!