Stop, Drop, and Stare

Overview

Objectives/Goals We are trying to determine how much a dog's age affects their understanding of a spatial relationship between objects. Methods/Materials 1. A large number of dogs to test, with owner's cooperation, between 25-50 dogs. 2. Dog treats (strong smell) 3. Low table or tray (top needs to be above dog's eye level. You can hold a tray above the dog's eye level for large dogs) 4. Small cushion or towel Results The data that we collected from our tests showed that the middle-aged dogs have a better understanding of spatial relationships between objects. Conclusions/Discussion We have come to the conclusion that middle-aged dogs have a better understanding of spatial relationships between objects. To further explain this, the middle aged dogs have a larger percentage of looking at the table, instead of their surroundings. The younger dogs had a hard time concentrating while the test were being performed. The results of the younger dogs were very close to those of the middle-aged dogs, but yet not complimentary. We also noticed that the older dogs had very low percentages, but it was partly because we had many more young-aged dogs than old-aged dogs.

Competition history

• CSEF 2008 Mammalian Biology · Entry S1108

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