Whilel composing this image, I took one step forward with my left foot and then backed out of the scene. I was explaining to these girls what I wanted. I had all three girls directly in the center of the viewfinder, which is wrong, so moved the camera slightly to the left, to throw them slightly off center, THEN there was that Dog. It appears he understood everything I said.
Wonderful portrait! As Suzanne said, the shorts in the snow are a hoot. To see that these people have such unlikely clothes in their wardrobe is a revelation.