Do Purebred Dogs Have More Health Problems Than Mixed Dogs?
I. Statement of Purpose and Hypothesis: I wanted to know more about the health problems of dogs because my family couldn’t decide between a purebred dog and a mixed-bred dog. My hypothesis is that purebred dogs have more health problems than mixed-bred dogs. This has happened over the years because dogs have been force bred in some cases because breeding has become a business. There are other very complicated reasons but that’s a whole other experiment. II. Methodology: To get the information needed for my experiment, I went to an animal hospital. I got records of twenty dogs; ten pure and ten mixed. I recorded the sick visits and their dates from 1995 to 2000. I have two variables, time and type of dog (mixed or pure). Time is a variable because I only recorded the visits from 1995-2000. Mixed or purebred dog is a variable because I am comparing which one has more health problems. III. Analysis of Data: The data that I collected proved my hypothesis right. The purebred dogs have many
