1. A basic outline of the head on side view, showing how to start off with simple lines, slopes, and curves. The ear goes behind the eye's mound, while the muzzle forms out, straight, not curved, and then drops suddenly. Bring it back around and heading to the jaw bone, curve up, give it some side, and make to the ear's tip top.

2. Once that is done, you can go back and adjust the curves in any form you want, but keep the basics, you want to keep it canine, not feline. The eyes, which you can choose many types, goes at the near center, dropped some, and make sure to close tem. Once done...

3. Go back, add detail, like scars, mouth stance, fur, hair, and other things you would like your canine character to have.