Cloning your dog.

[Catherine]

I know we all see things differently. Some people want things to stay the same and that means having the same pet. As much as I miss the pet who has passed, I take joy in the new pet.

I loved my little Pigbert the guinea pig, but look how much fun I have had with Murray. If I kept trying to clone Pigbert I would have missed so much. I gave Pigbert a full life, but that is all I could give him. Cinnamon the new rescue really looks like Pigbert. It is more than just a strong resemblance. She really looks like him. But she is not Pigbert. I can look at her and be reminded of him, but she is not him.

The dogs that donate the eggs are treated with strong hormones and I doubt that is good for their health. The dogs that bear the puppies would be considered lab specimens, like the egg donor dogs. I doubt they are kept alive once they stop being useful. Lab animals are not treated as pets. This would be as cold a situation as a puppy mill, but with better treatment because of the value of each puppy.
If there were extra puppies from a cloning that are not paid for, they would be used as research animals or disposed of. It is a business and a lab. It doesn't care about the dogs themselves. The dogs are basically a product that is being sold at a high price.
It is a sad reality and I wouldn't want to be a part of it.