Pet clonning becoming more common

[Catherine]

The cloned dog is a perfect genetic copy of the original pet. Even if there are variations in how the genes are expressed, the clone will have the same genetic defects as the original pet. People are cloning pets that died from defects. They are just going to go through it again when the clone dies. 

We all have losses and we don't like them, but it is far healthier to let go and move on. A clone does not give back the thing that we miss the most, the relationship we had with the pet. It just gives us back a similar looking empty shell. The new pet could develop a wonderful personality and a strong bond with us, but there is no guarantee. We  would have as much chance with a new dog.

I seriously worry about the dogs that give birth to the clones. They will make them give birth to clone after clone as long as they can. They won't wait between pregnancies. That would be expensive. They will implant clones as often as they can.
What do you think will happen to these dogs when they can no longer give birth to clones? I don't picture them going to happy homes to live out their lives. They will have spent their whole lives being subject to procedures and then they will be killed.
There is no money to be made from keeping old worn out dogs around. 

It is a different kind of puppy mill, but from the point of view of the female dog it is still a puppy mill.