#1- I like the cleanliness of this design the best, with the dog not having its leg over the horse's leg. The cat's tail looks a little weird but for some reason I still like it better than the cat without the tail. The horse and the cat look engaging, and the dog looks a little....standardized. Like, the dog is static, whereas the other two nimals show movement and therefore life. But the panting/walking dog somehow doesn't look any less static, so I'd still choose this one first. What else could the dog be doing? Maybe if it's head carriage were a little different and it didn't look to me like it has neck pain.... #2 - This might be a more "professional" choice colorwise, but I actually like the multiple colors of #1.
Wow! Nice job! Okay, how about this: The colors from entry #6, the horse from #6, the dog from #7 superimposed over the horse, tail and all, in the background color (like in #6), and the cat from #7 in white superimposed over the dog - tail included. Is that possible?
OK, now take the animals from #9 and stack them like #6. I love #6, but I want the dog to be less static and I want to see the dog's and cat's tails. This is really hard to explain! Essentially, I want it to look like #5, but with the dog's and cat's butts and tails showing so they don't look like they're somehow tucked under the horse's leg.