Dog Health Questions: What Science project can I do with my dog?

I have to a science fair project (in 8th grade) and i can't think of any ideas, i asked my teacher and he said try dog training so i said hey thats a great idea. but we have to use the scientific method, and i don't know what my question or problem would be. Please help my and maybe some websites on training dogs. Or maybe even other suggestions for my project. thanks:)

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• If you have the equipment (A good microscope) You can do a project on the difference between cat and dog saliva, and the difference in bacteria. I did that for my 9th grade science fair and won. But, it's pretty challenging. So I'll help you with your idea, ask a question about it for example "Can dog training change my dogs behavior) It'd be really good if you have an older, dog, maybe reword the "Can't teach an old dog new tricks" phrase. Then for a hypothesis just go with your gut, that should be the easiest part.


• You could look at different training methods (look online for maybe 3 different methods) each method you teach your dog a different command so that they don't interfere with each other. One can be clicker training (treats and positive reinforcement), one just food motivation (also treats and positive reinforcement) no clicker, one can be without treats (some people that using treats is bribery) . Try teaching your dog sit with a clicker and treats, then teach your dog lay down with just treats, and try teaching your dog shake without treats. Test out which method your dog learns better and faster with. Typically you train your dog for small amounts of time, so you can work with that (about 5 minutes of training) and try increasing the time a bit to see if your dog looses interest quickly. You can also replace treats with toys, you can see if your dog is motivated more by food or by toys. There are a lot of things you can try, I'm sure you could come up with a hypothesis from some of these ideas.


• do that thing where every-time you feed your dog or give them a treat you play a noise.. like a clicker, or bell, or ring and make him sit or something... then after a few times he will learn that the noise means he is going to gt fed and to do so needs to sit.. sounds complicated but some scientist did it to prove developed responses. google it x


• Maybe you can research different training methods try them on your dog to see which one works best and which one helps him to remember the longest.


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