OMG, an Inspiration!

At this point I did something terrible.  I had an inspiration!
Never, never, never deviate from what the client wants!
I know this.
I've learned it the hard way over and over, but apparently I haven't learned it well enough.
But it happened again.
While researching the art style, I came across some images showing the animal actually holding and/or drinking from a bottle or glass.  So, I thought, I had this area to the right of the image that was pretty open, I could do the same.
So off I went, spending my own time, (because you can't bill a client for time spent on something she didn't authorize) on what some people like to call deviation heck.  (Feel free to insert a different word.)
And here is what I came up with,
after finding several paws and legs and bottles, etc.,
and penning them, outlining, filling, etc.
and placing, warping, manipulating, liquifying, etc:

And.....

I hate it.

Well, I don't hate it, but I don't particularly like it either.

Poop.

Bulldog poop.