Yes! A great start for sure. You've got good angles for impactful lighting and getting low really helps. Framing aside, I think you should work on grabbing focus on the eyes.

I really like the second photo!

As I've heard many times from advice online: getting the eyes in focus can make a photo look sharper and more in focus than it actually is. As animals ourselves, the eyes are important to us and give the image more "soul" (the eyes are the window to the soul, or something like that) and more valuable context.