choralite

Any advice or tips on how to make a more realistic looking avatar is greatly appreciated! I have used SL before, but I am new to the animal RP side of things. I'm not super picky on breeds, though I would prefer a medium to large sized dog. It would be neat to also do a puppy life stage and eventually grow up into the adult form. I have been looking around at the handful of available avatars but they all seem very cartoonish and not super realistic. I was just wondering if there was something else out there that I might have missed!