Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

well my science project is on paw preference in dogs and i posted a thing about it but it didn't show up and i need an expert to ask and it's due on thursday (not the actual project, just a bibliography and some experts names to talk to about it.). so my first question is where do i get the dogs i have 2 and i know people that have some but i might need more. should i call like a animal shelter or something and see if i could do it with some of their dogs? also what tests should i do? i thought of like 2 but i want more. also i need to do research and have a bibliography due thursday (i already said that) do you know any good websites? well if someone answers this thanks a ton in advance.

There is a science project on Science Buddies that is about Paw Preference in Pets, have you seen it? Link:https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p011.shtml
It has a list of things you can do to test for paw preference in pets. (This is more designed for cats, but you can still test dogs.)

You would have to test each dog for more than one of the tests to determine if it is right-preferent, left-preferent, or ambidextrous. The more dogs you test the better because then you results will be more accurate. You can analyze your results as percentages of each type.

For example, the U.S. National Library of Medicine did an experiment with 128 dogs. They found that right-preferent is 57.1%, left-preferent is 17.9%, and ambidextrous is 25.0% of the ones they tested. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3596925)

Thanks! That gave me some sources for the bibliography. i have two dog tests. so thanks. that helped me a lot.