Comments on: Will Dog Cloning Become Mainstream as the Price Drops? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Laurie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4887 Laurie Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:25:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4887 Swear to god, my Bichon who died at home during the middle of the night, took over a new puppie's body two weeks after we got her. I told a breeder friend, and she said, just read the book, "A dog's Purpose". Maybe I'm not going crazy afterall. My husband, a non believer, is even convinced.. Missy is back! I think the soul/energy lives on. So for those of you who can't afford the $50k to clone, don't get up hope. Swear to god, my Bichon who died at home during the middle of the night, took over a new puppie’s body two weeks after we got her. I told a breeder friend, and she said, just read the book, “A dog’s Purpose”. Maybe I’m not going crazy afterall. My husband, a non believer, is even convinced.. Missy is back!

I think the soul/energy lives on. So for those of you who can’t afford the $50k to clone, don’t get up hope.

]]> By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4886 Nick Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:13:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4886 I have three wonderful shih-tzus and my oldest is 8 (they can live to be upwards of twenty if taken care of good) I havnt lost one of these three yet luckily! My biscuit, Oreo and brownie are ABSOLUTELY my children and I would not want to demean the value of our current relationship by trying to completely replace them! If you were cloning the dog for the traits that you adore and want to have a new dog in the same body than ok but don't think of it as the SAME dog treat it like you just went to the pound and brought home a beautiful dog that LOOKS just like your old dog! Maybe will act allot like it to but it's still a different dog in my mind! My point is let's not define life as DNA lets difine it by the memories and the love you shared in its life and by this stance the only good thing you would be doing is making sure you got a good dog you know your compatible with, that also happens to remind you of someone you once new! I have three wonderful shih-tzus and my oldest is 8 (they can live to be upwards of twenty if taken care of good) I havnt lost one of these three yet luckily! My biscuit, Oreo and brownie are ABSOLUTELY my children and I would not want to demean the value of our current relationship by trying to completely replace them! If you were cloning the dog for the traits that you adore and want to have a new dog in the same body than ok but don’t think of it as the SAME dog treat it like you just went to the pound and brought home a beautiful dog that LOOKS just like your old dog! Maybe will act allot like it to but it’s still a different dog in my mind! My point is let’s not define life as DNA lets difine it by the memories and the love you shared in its life and by this stance the only good thing you would be doing is making sure you got a good dog you know your compatible with, that also happens to remind you of someone you once new!

]]> By: John http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4885 John Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:31:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4885 If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers She is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are her life, her love, her leader. She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart. You owe it to her to be worthy of such devotion. -author unknown If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
-Will Rogers

She is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are her life, her love, her leader.
She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart.
You owe it to her to be worthy of such devotion.
-author unknown

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4884 Joe Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:45:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4884 I have had a dog or dogs all my life. In 58 years I have had good dogs and bad dogs, stupid dogs and smart dogs., one dog and seven dogs at a time.. In all that time I have had three dogs that I would consider cloning. One I have now is the best dog I have ever had. He is as close to me as that first dog I had and grew up with. I would clone him in a heartbeat when the time comes. I have had a dog or dogs all my life. In 58 years I have had good dogs and bad dogs, stupid dogs and smart dogs., one dog and seven dogs at a time.. In all that time I have had three dogs that I would consider cloning.
One I have now is the best dog I have ever had. He is as close to me as that first dog I had and grew up with. I would clone him in a heartbeat when the time comes.

]]> By: anna http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4883 anna Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:30:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4883 My dog died yesterday. He was a boxer, 12 yrs. Liver, kidney failure and constant joint pain forced us to have him be put to sleep. Like one of the commenters wrote, they dont want "a dog" they want 'thier dogs.' I understand, how stupid and foolish it sounds to clone a dog for that amount of money knowing there are starving people out there that could use that donation money for so much better uses. But, my goodness, its the loss of a family member, a best friend, a soul mate! If I knew I would've felt like this for the loss of a pet I wouldn't have gotten Max. It is terrible the pain one has to go through!! A part of you is missing and you don't know where their souls are. Do all dogs really go to heaven? I don't know. Do they just dissapear? Again, I dont know. If I knew someone who did this, I would have gotten it done for poor ole' ...well, me. (i'm the one suffering without my Maxie now) I dont earn a lot of money at all. But, hey, little by little is how the piggy bank fills up right? It'is just, agony that burns. It hurts. I love Max, and he will forever be missed by his family. My dog died yesterday. He was a boxer, 12 yrs. Liver, kidney failure and constant joint pain forced us to have him be put to sleep. Like one of the commenters wrote, they dont want “a dog” they want ‘thier dogs.’ I understand, how stupid and foolish it sounds to clone a dog for that amount of money knowing there are starving people out there that could use that donation money for so much better uses. But, my goodness, its the loss of a family member, a best friend, a soul mate! If I knew I would’ve felt like this for the loss of a pet I wouldn’t have gotten Max. It is terrible the pain one has to go through!! A part of you is missing and you don’t know where their souls are. Do all dogs really go to heaven? I don’t know. Do they just dissapear? Again, I dont know. If I knew someone who did this, I would have gotten it done for poor ole’ …well, me. (i’m the one suffering without my Maxie now) I dont earn a lot of money at all. But, hey, little by little is how the piggy bank fills up right? It’is just, agony that burns. It hurts. I love Max, and he will forever be missed by his family.

]]> By: Mark Gordon Brown http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4882 Mark Gordon Brown Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:55:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4882 Will cloning become mainstream? Only if the celebrities start doing it, then everyone will drop their designer dog and want a cloned designer dog. Will cloning become mainstream? Only if the celebrities start doing it, then everyone will drop their designer dog and want a cloned designer dog.

]]> By: B Nelson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4881 B Nelson Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:48:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4881 Cloning is so unfair to millions of animals who sit in shelters and will never get a home. Cloning is also unfair to the cloned animal itself, as it will always be judged and compared to the original. I guess life isnt fair. Cloning is so unfair to millions of animals who sit in shelters and will never get a home.
Cloning is also unfair to the cloned animal itself, as it will always be judged and compared to the original.

I guess life isnt fair.

]]> By: veecapo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4880 veecapo Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4880 @bigpicture what are you smoking? are you talking about ANCIENT cloning tests? or professional modern cloning? cloning is not painful to the host. "have a heart"? what is actually so evil and painful in the cloning process? the idea to have a little bit of your loved one returned to you without causing pain to anyone? when was the last time you stayed a vegetarian for a whole day!? before the next time you hog up beef,find out about the painful journey of the animal from the barn to the slaughterhouse to your diner. learn more about cloning and THE BIGGER PICTURE before you discourage and sadden people. @littleninja "It doesn’t work because the clone would be completely different and have a different personality, opinion, and mind. Get over the fact that your pet has passed. They’re gone and there is no way to EVER bring them back." completely wrong bro. DNA is complex.if you quit philosophy and took up biology ,you would really want to correct yourself . for example.the people who want their pets cloned just might have a different "much more capable to love " and "attachment" and "curiousity" "of an EVOLVING HUMAN" dna type differentiating from an old depressed philosopher who just LETS IT GO... and trust me,lord wont pay our taxes when we grow up goodluck @erik erik ,i agree with you to a certain point a century ago wright brothers "independently" invented a flying machine. independently? not. many people died trying to make a working flying glider back in the days.wb learned from the mistakes and it was VERY effective countless rats are sacrificed everyday by the medical science .yes PETA might protest.but ALL i repeat ALL the peta members take some sort of medication that was actually first tested on rats.(a simple headache pill didnt just come out of the blue!)" . erik my point is that we must confront with our fears with the door you mentioned.will we ever find the cure for the most deadly human diseases? i believe we will .can a natural life form reach perfection? we will never find the answer if we shut that door and stop our brains from evolving.(the natural emotion of curiousity and deep love). erik it hasnt been too long since someone said a train will never reach the speed of 20 miles an hour @rick you made my day man!kiss scooby for me xD @bigpicture
what are you smoking?
are you talking about ANCIENT cloning tests? or professional modern cloning?

cloning is not painful to the host.
“have a heart”?
what is actually so evil and painful in the cloning process? the idea to have a little bit of your loved one returned to you without causing pain to anyone?

when was the last time you stayed a vegetarian for a whole day!? before the next time you hog up beef,find out about the painful journey of the animal from the barn to the slaughterhouse to your diner.
learn more about cloning and THE BIGGER PICTURE before you discourage and sadden people.

@littleninja
“It doesn’t work because the clone would be completely different and have a different personality, opinion, and mind. Get over the fact that your pet has passed. They’re gone and there is no way to EVER bring them back.”

completely wrong bro. DNA is complex.if you quit philosophy and took up biology ,you would really want to correct yourself .
for example.the people who want their pets cloned just might have a different “much more capable to love ” and “attachment” and “curiousity” “of an EVOLVING HUMAN” dna type differentiating from an old depressed philosopher who just LETS IT GO…
and trust me,lord wont pay our taxes when we grow up
goodluck

@erik
erik ,i agree with you to a certain point
a century ago wright brothers “independently” invented a flying machine. independently?
not. many people died trying to make a working flying glider back in the days.wb learned from the mistakes and it was VERY effective
countless rats are sacrificed everyday by the medical science .yes PETA might protest.but ALL i repeat ALL the peta members take some sort of medication that was actually first tested on rats.(a simple headache pill didnt just come out of the blue!)” .
erik my point is that we must confront with our fears with the door you mentioned.will we ever find the cure for the most deadly human diseases? i believe we will .can a natural life form reach perfection? we will never find the answer if we shut that door and stop our brains from evolving.(the natural emotion of curiousity and deep love). erik it hasnt been too long since someone said a train will never reach the speed of 20 miles an hour

@rick
you made my day man!kiss scooby for me xD

]]> By: B man http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4879 B man Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:11:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4879 I have grown up with dogs and no matter how they turned out all have given me unconditional love and affection. Would I clone them well a couple I suppose but I am also glad to have had the opportunity to adopt. These pets have given me more than my own siblings have if I had to choose between the human race and a good animal it's a no brainer. Humans have gotten so pathetic they are like sheep being herded into a pen waiting to be slaughtered by our laws and so called representatives. We need to get back to basics where we are not dictated by others and believe in the constitution and why our four fathers fought and died. Making our own decisions.Not having them made for us. I have grown up with dogs and no matter how they turned out all have given me unconditional love and affection. Would I clone them well a couple I suppose but I am also glad to have had the opportunity to adopt. These pets have given me more than my own siblings have if I had to choose between the human race and a good animal it’s a no brainer. Humans have gotten so pathetic they are like sheep being herded into a pen waiting to be slaughtered by our laws and so called representatives. We need to get back to basics where we are not dictated by others and believe in the constitution and why our four fathers fought and died. Making our own decisions.Not having them made for us.

]]> By: Guru Thakur http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4878 Guru Thakur Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:14:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/30/will-dog-cloning-become-mainstream-as-the-price-drops/#comment-4878 Thanks for this article author of this blog “friend finder”"http://www.4xfriends.com”"Lake Travis Real Estate”"http://youraustintxhome.com/lake-travis-real-estate. Thanks for this article author of this blog
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