Comments on: Would You Clone Your Dog? http://3doxies.com/archives/2008/05/22/would-you-clone-your-dog/ Just another ClknGo Sites site Fri, 11 May 2012 07:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tatyana http://3doxies.com/archives/2008/05/22/would-you-clone-your-dog/#comment-241 tatyana Fri, 30 May 2008 03:05:12 +0000 http://www.3doxies.com/archives/2008/05/22/would-you-clone-your-dog/#comment-241 I don't have a doxie (I've got two italian greyhounds though), but I would never clone a dog. For a couple of reasons, really. First of all the animal might not even look the same. They've done cat cloning and the cats were born with different markings and colours. Temperament IS very environmental and does depend on how an animal is raised. And also, a lot of times cloned animals develop strange ailments and seem to age a lot faster than normal. So even health can't be guaranteed. Its just too iffy, and you wouldn't get the same animal at all, from what it seems. But there are SO many great dogs that are already alive and well and are thrown in shelters and euthanized daily. Why pay insane money for experiments in creating animals when there are so many already that need rescuing? Adopting a new animal and moving on isn't replacing the previous lost pet, its gaining a new friend. I don’t have a doxie (I’ve got two italian greyhounds though), but I would never clone a dog. For a couple of reasons, really. First of all the animal might not even look the same. They’ve done cat cloning and the cats were born with different markings and colours. Temperament IS very environmental and does depend on how an animal is raised. And also, a lot of times cloned animals develop strange ailments and seem to age a lot faster than normal. So even health can’t be guaranteed. Its just too iffy, and you wouldn’t get the same animal at all, from what it seems.

But there are SO many great dogs that are already alive and well and are thrown in shelters and euthanized daily. Why pay insane money for experiments in creating animals when there are so many already that need rescuing? Adopting a new animal and moving on isn’t replacing the previous lost pet, its gaining a new friend.

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