Racial Template or Chimera

[Eddie T]

Hey all, I'm trying to develop a more refined character design approach to GURPS 4e. So I'm expanding from my comfort zone with a genetic engineering task.

I want to create a race of dog men - genetically engineered half human, half dog. The basic upright humanoid body of a man, the head/claws/fur/tail of a dog, the intelligence of a human meshed with some of the instincts of a dog. I don't know, maybe this is more of an Uplift from 3e?

So what are some best practices that you all have found for this? Right now I'm very slow and methodical in going step by step through a racial template in the Basic Set. I think Bio-tech might have a more "mass produceable" methodology. I'd just like some opinions on how to go about designing anything along these lines and building the process to speed it up in the future.

Thanks.

And for the record, I'm still very much a noob in most respects to GURPS.