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View Poll Results: Would you clone your dog if they passed away? | |||
Yes, in a heartbeat | 15 | 15.31% | |
No, s/he can't be replaced | 70 | 71.43% | |
Other-please state your reason | 13 | 13.27% | |
Voters: 98. You may not vote on this poll |
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04-24-2009, 10:04 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 11K Club Member | Would you clone your dog? Would you clone your dog if they passed away, if the cost of doing it was not an issue? Pet cloning: woman pays $50,000 to clone dog // Current Encore! Couple spend $155K, clone dead dog - TODAY Pets 1. Yes, in a heartbeat 2. No, s/he can't be replaced 3. Other-Please state your reason
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04-24-2009, 10:59 PM | #2 |
& LuvtheCarley too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wa State/Texas
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| I can't really answer on way or another, because I have not been in this situation. I do know that I would never judge another person who chose to do so. I have heard the arguments against it, but until one has been in this situation and experienced that loss first-hand, who can really say what they would do if that opportunity presented itself? My heart still breaks for you and your Sophie, I hope as the days go by you are able to find some peace of mind. I will be thinking about you.
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04-24-2009, 11:08 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey
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| So sorry to hear this about Sophie...what happened....PM me if you can. again my heart and prayers go out for you...so very sorry
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04-24-2009, 11:49 PM | #4 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | No, because it would not be the same dog - it would be the dog's identical twin, but s/he would not have the experiences that made him/her your dog. I am so sorry about Sophie. My heart goes out to you.
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04-25-2009, 12:01 AM | #5 |
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| Yeah that. And also it will remind you of it everyday, cause it will look just like your old dog. |
04-25-2009, 04:57 AM | #6 |
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| I voted 'other' because the choices didn't really fit how I feel. First...no, Boog could never be replaced. But, if I could bring him back exactly how he was but healthy...I'd clone him in a heartbeat! |
04-25-2009, 05:09 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | I wouldn't clone any of mine...cloning does not reproduce personality...the dog merely looks the same.
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04-25-2009, 06:15 AM | #8 |
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| We have an elderly Boxer - Booger - who will be 13 years old on May 5th. I cannot imagine life without her -- she has been such a vital part of our family for all those years. However, there will never ever be another Boo. I love her beyond reason, but I know that she can never be replaced. One day we will lose her, and I will shed an ocean of tears, but I would NEVER EVER consider desecrating her memory by trying to duplicate our precious Booger. Not that I am comparing my Booger to my adult children, but cloning Boo would be like cloning one of my skin kids if tragedy was to visit our home -- like what the heck, I'll just have a new one made. Just wouldn't work for me. Last edited by chattiesmom; 04-25-2009 at 06:18 AM. |
04-25-2009, 08:25 AM | #9 |
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| The clone would scare me, honestly. I would be freaked out to find out that any of my family members were in fact a clone of my original family. It would scare me even more if they managed to imitate the original's personality enough for me to not have noticed sooner. Same with my animals. I would also hate to find out I am in fact eating cloned animal meat. I hardly enjoy consuming farmed fish even. What I would like to have done is keep DNA samples of her around. One day in the distant future, someone might benefit from being able to bring back to life my little angel. Just because I can't stomach living around clones, doesn't mean in the future, it wouldn't be a "common" thing especially when we and/or our lovely breed of terriers are facing extinction. But of course, I'm sure there are better examples of the breed and healthier to choose from than my skinny little girl who enjoys pouncing on her sister, the resident cat. |
04-25-2009, 08:41 AM | #10 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Missouri Ozarks
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| no/other I think we spend our lives taking the wonderful things for granted and later trying to recapture the miss-spent moments. I'll enjoy my dog to the fullest while he/she is alive and bid him farewell when it's time for him to go. I won't sully his remembrance by trying to recreate him. He has given himself fully to me and asked nothing but love and dignity in return...I can do that.
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04-25-2009, 09:24 AM | #11 |
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| As wonderful as it may be, I don't think I would do it. To me, it would just seem somewhat strange basically "re-living" with the dog. When it's my dogs time to go, I'll know it'll be hard, but I'll cope with it & know in my mind that I did everything I could to give her the best life possible. |
04-25-2009, 09:41 AM | #12 |
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| Never. I feel Gods creations should never be replicated.
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04-25-2009, 09:55 AM | #13 |
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| My beloved Goliath passed many years ago and though I would LOVE to have him back a clone of him would still not be HIM. It would only be his DNA. It took me many years to get over losing him before I could open my heart again. If I could change one thing it would be that they would live longer but I wouldn't want to clone them. There is no replacement for the original loved one, only new ones to love when the time is right.
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04-25-2009, 10:49 AM | #14 |
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04-25-2009, 11:38 AM | #15 |
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| I just don't think cloning is right...
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