You Charisma score increases by 2 and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1 besides Charisma. 

Unlike regular dogs, Awakened Dog's can live up to 50 years old thanks to their magical abilities.

Awakened Dogs have a variety of backgrounds but usually lean toward chaotic alignments.

The size of the Awakened Dog depends on the breed of the dog but most tend to be around the size of 2-4 feet tall. Your size is small.

Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

As an action an Awakened Dog can attempt to bite a target, which deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier piercing damage.

Due to your canine abilities, you have advantage on all Wisdom (perception) checks relying on smell.

You have proficiency in the persuasion and deception skills.

Awakened Dog's are able to wield weapons they can hold in their mouths. They are not able to wield weapons with the two-handed, loading or reach properties unless the DM says otherwise. When wielding versatile weapons treat the Awakened Dog like it is wielding the weapon with two hands

Thanks to their magical nature awakened Dog's can communicate with any creature that can speak a language use telepathy that spans 60ft from the Dog. They can also communicate with other dogs by barking.