You are given the opportunity to uplift cats or dogs (whichever you prefer). What is your wishlist of changes you would want to make to them?

Mandatory is of course elevating them to human level intelligence.
because that is what uplifting means in the context of science fiction. If you want to argue dictionary definitions again you can f* right off.

For example, bipedalism, hands with opposable thumbs, human facial expressions, etc.