Uplift Animal

After spending the casting time tracing magical pathways within a precious gemstone, you touch a large or smaller beast. The target must have an Intelligence score of 3 or less. The target gains an Intelligence of 10. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know. Finally the target becomes a medium sized biped with humanoid features such as functional hands and forwards facing eyes. The creatures other stats may remain the same if they are above 10 (but not above 20), or become 10 if they were lower. The newly uplifted animal retains its gender and any special senses it previously had.

The new creatures final anthropomorphized form is decided by the DM but will have abilities and stats similar to other player races. This spell can also be used to create new members of playable races similar to the ones that already exist which are based on animals.

The does not grant the caster any control over, or protection from, the uplifted animal. 

The new creature becomes a member of a new race which will breed true with other members of the same race. (Assuming that they are not the only one.)

The process of being Uplifted is very stressful for the target, once the spell finishes and they assume their new form they will have 3 levels of exhaustion.  

There is no guarantee that the newly uplifted subject will be friendly to the caster, they will retain the memories of their previous life as a beast, and may look favorably on the caster if they were well treated by the caster before they were uplifted. However, they may also resent being changed permanently into a new form and not being able to go back to their life as they knew it before.