Alsatian? Or poodle transformed with CGI? (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
police dog
'alsatian?' is the definition.
(many police dogs are Alsatians)
'poodle transformed with cgi?' is the wordplay.
'transformed with' is an anagram indicator.
'poodle' with its letters mixed up with 'cgi' gives 'POLICE DOG'.
'or' is the link.
(Other definitions for police dog that I've seen before include "Officer's co-worker" , "Force assistant" , "maybe I do a lot of sniffing" , "Working animal" , "busy helper" .)