Would you ever clone your pet?

**Loveless** · 03-12-2008, 10:58 PM

You can't clone its memories so it's just another look-alike dog. So why not just spend $500 instead of $500,000 to get a dog that looks like the one that passed?

I love my dog too and mom's been telling us to be ready cause she's not getting any younger (14 years-old this September). We'll all be crushed when she passes but I would never, ever think of cloning. She's a one in a million and not even her clone could replace her.

**O-mie** · 03-12-2008, 11:06 PM

The memories and personality are not kept.

**Belaslav** · 03-12-2008, 11:09 PM

Hell no. Like O-mie said, your pet is basically reborn, and you have to teach it everything all over again.

**Loveless** · 03-12-2008, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by O-mie

The memories and personality are not kept.

Yeah, so you're paying so much more for a look-a-like that may not even like you in the end! :/

**Hyper** · 03-12-2008, 11:17 PM

If they died of disease or sickness, yeah, I might.

OMMG IM SO IMMORALLll.

Eh, nvm. I'd rather save a few hundred grand and get a new dog.

**viasta** · 03-12-2008, 11:39 PM

wait
i got something better than cloning
i can just get my dog and have it mate with another pure bred german shepherd and this way my dog gets pregnant
then this way, more and more german shepherds!!

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 03-13-2008, 12:01 AM

For those who are curious, no, cloning the dog will not clone it's memories.

However, the dog will grow up exactly the same as her previous dog, not only look wise, but personality wise. For example, if Loveless's dog likes to rub it's bum on the carpet, its clone will also do the same.

I think it's the aspect of being able to get your exact same dog, with the same personalities and trait, makes it appealing and wanted to be done by rich people.

Btw, not saying I would clone my pet if I ever had one, just throwing that piece of info out there to clarify some posts.