science fair project on a dog?

Question

I am in the 8th grade, and we have to do a science projects!! I really want to do one on my dog, he is a pom...but i dont want to train him for a science project cause it took me a while to teach him how to sit, lay down, and shake. please help!

Answer 1

You can repeat Palov's experiments on dogs to prove the Conditioning or Palov Response: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning

For the experiment itself he rang a bell and feed his dogs then after a while he just rang the bell; and the dogs salivated; expecting to be feed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning#Pavlov.27s_experiment).

Then you can do a report on the life of Pavlov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Pavlov
and discuss what effect his discoveries have had on our understanding of psychology.

You can also discuss the types of conditioning:
2.1 Forward Conditioning
2.2 Simultaneous Conditioning
2.3 Backward Conditioning
2.4 Temporal Conditioning
2.5 Unpaired Conditioning


Other wise an experiment on the price of dog food to the amount of feces produced could be used to show that cheaper dog food has more fillers, which would act like fiber of the dog.

Answer 2

find 10 dogs in your neborbrhood and see what kind of dog treat those dogs like best let them chose from diffrent kinds of treats.