I think there is definitely enough there for a good full beard, it's just a matter of letting the sides grow in thicker and catch up with your very strong front. If you browse around the forum a bit you will find many threads of people who started off with much weaker sides then you and were sporting great beards a few months down the line (check out Leopard's and Fork's journeys in particular). And man your dog looks like he REALLY wants some of that balm