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In reply to the discussion: The Hidden Dogs of Dog Cloning [View all]

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,839 posts)
4. That's nice to know.
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 10:18 PM
Mar 2018

I believe they are occasionally available in my city, also.

I'm a cat person, but this also applies to dogs: If you want a new companion animal go to a shelter. If you want a puppy or kitten they'll have them. If you want a specific breed they often have those, too. Or contact a local rescue group. They do wonderful work.

I happen to be cat-free right now because I do too much travelling around to consider having even a potted plant. But when I am ready for a new cat or two I'll be off to the shelter and take the oldest one they have. Older animals seem to understand very clearly that they've been given a new lease on life.

Similarly, your children are all uniquely themselves. Even identical twins or triplets are not (other than biologically) clones of each other. I only had two children, but they are so different from each other that I'm a bit sorry I didn't have six more, just to see how they turned out. Next lifetime, maybe.

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