So the project is still ongoing, and doing well. I had a hard-drive crash and lost my paintshop so I'm retraining myself to work exclusively in photoshop...judging by the response to Foxhound and Amstaff I'm doing a pretty good job of it.
I put my most recent paintings on as backgrounds for my desktop at work...and the amstaff alone earned me my first two real commissions. One of my coworkers wants me to paint a friend's boxer for him for Christmas, and the HR lady wants me to paint all four of her dogs in one big portrait.
On the birds front, my society finches have two eggs but my gouldians remain intolerably empty-nested. Since my male h