ah - that becomes a little more challenging but that dog's face looks like it can be smaller than usual - I don't think it will be a problem but its tall because his ear is as tall as his face and the text takes away from the 18" - but the face is simple and the ears (and face) don't have to be exactly as tall as the photo and his left ear practically looks too tall so that can be reposed less tall and it will look better as an imageEven with the wording around him?