1. Cost Estimator for Raising a Labrador Retriever Comprehensive Project AGME 2903 Carmen Albright

2. Description of Problem The spreadsheet allows a user to input selections of choices of housing, food, veterinary care, and miscellaneous items and uses these selections to calculate the costs of raising a Labrador retriever.

3. Inputs The user is asked for the following inputs: 1.Price Paid for Lab 2.Selection of Expected size of dog and dog food brand, as well as a feeder and waterer for Food Costs 3.Selection of Doghouse, Bedding, and Pen/Fence for Housing Costs 4.Selection of Veterinary Care options for Veterinary Care Costs 5.Selection of Miscellaneous options for Miscellaneous Costs

4. Outputs From the inputs provided by the user, the spreadsheet calculates the following outputs: 1.Food Costs 2.Housing Costs 3.Veterinary Care Costs 4.Miscellaneous Costs 5.Total Estimated Cost

5. Formulas Food Costs-Amount of food needed for size of dog multiplied by price of brand of dog food added to the prices of the selected feeder and waterer Housing Costs-Addition of prices of selected doghouse, bedding, and pen/fence Veterinary Care Costs-Addition of prices of selected options Miscellaneous Costs-Addition of prices of selected options Total Cost-Sum of Price paid and Food, Housing, Veterinary Care, and Miscellaneous Costs

6. Layout The spreadsheet is organized with major and minor headings and group boxes for the option buttons and check boxes.

7. Summary This spreadsheet allows for an easy, fairly accurate calculation of the costs of raising a Labrador retriever. To see the spreadsheet, click here.here