You can empower dogs by giving them symbiotic biological armor that vastly increases their size - on the order of three thousand or more pounds - grants enhanced strength, durability, agility, and an asymmetrical covering of bony plates, spikes, exposed muscles, calcified flesh, and prehensile tails. The armor only lasts a certain amount of time, however. It starts weakening after about ten minutes on average, and is usually completely defunct by fifteen minutes. You have trouble trying to socialize with humans, your power having hardwired you to better understand canines. You do not automatically control the dogs that you empower.