9/11 hero dog cloned

[CorvusCorax]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090618/tsc-clones-of-9-11-hero-dog-unveiled-in-e123fef.html

Not exactly a wholly serious question, but if you had the money or the inclination, if there were no risks, would you clone a dog? Why?

I would choose the dog I grew up with (but before she broke her leg!) - a family dog who never showed a moment of aggression but who would stand up to almost anyone or anything and despite everything, sound as a bell until the day she was given sleep, never poorly.
Brains, beauty and working ability, a timeless, international type of her breed with an amazing character, you could trust her with a pensioner or a toddler, I doubt I will see her like again.
I'd love to know what she could have achieved if she hadn't been involved in a road accident at nine months and I'd love to see her silly smiling face again!

 

[MurphysMinder]

I would choose 2, Squirrel a little sable who we thought we were going to lose as a puppy, who grew into the most wonderful bitch every, successful in the show ring but also my total shadow. She had atrocious hips (she was about 9 when scoring started and we had her done knowing her hips were bad, she scored 96

). She never had a days unsoundness and was still winning veteran classes aged 10.
And Chaka, Buffys mum, who was always there as friend and protector to myself and kids when ex left when son was just a baby. She and my son were nearly the same age and grew up together, I lost her to cancer nearly 3 years ago, I still miss her

 

[FinnishLapphund]

When Humla died last January and I carried her dead body from the car to our house to show our cats that she was dead, it hurt so much that I for the first time thought and felt that I would never get a new pet, that when those I already had where dead, at some time in the future, I would no longer be a pet owner. And for me who can't quite imagine how it would be to not have pets, that is a thought, feeling I had never thought I would have.
Only thinking about that day gives me a real physical ache in my chest, but it doesn't stay long, she loved the world and everyone in it so I can never stay sad for long when thinking of her. She had such a strong personality that even the three cats we had then, seemed and acted a little lost for the first week or two without her.

And how about my first Buhund Nessie, that at the age of 5 years all of her own will, decided she was my mothers guardian and shadow. It "accidentally" happened 6 months before we knew my mother had developed rheumatism and my mother still miss her.

Still I'm certain that I would never clone either them or any of my other dogs, I want my Humla, my Nessie back, not a clone. Since the clone wouldn't be 100% the same due to different experiences, not the same memories etc, then it is not the same dog and I can just as well love another new dog as their clones.
In my dreams I would like to have all my dogs back one more time, all for different reasons but it is them I want back, not copies. Humla was unique, Nessie was unique, they were all unique and no clone could ever be the same.

 

[Charmaine18]

I adore Leah, but I don't think I would want to clone her because I like the thought of taking on a new dog who needs to be loved. I try not to think about the fact that she'll be gone one day because it upsets me so much, so I know I'll be a total wreck when the time comes (my mum actually says she regrets buying her for me because she's dreading the day when she leaves us) - but I wouldn't clone her.

 

[Spudlet]

I wouldn't. Even though it was awful losing Barney, and it still makes me so sad to think about him, and I wish I could have him back - I wouldn't. Because one of the things that makes them so special is the fact that every single one is unique, and there will never be another like them. I am so lucky to have had Barney to grow up with but I would never have taken Henry on if her had still been alive and I would have missed out on another unique, brilliant, but totally different dog!

I've realised I've never put a pic of Barney up - so here he is, my old darling, just after a bath! He must have been about 15 when this was taken: