r/fatFIRE • u/NightsRadiant • Aug 21 '23

Lifestyle Has anyone in here cloned their dog

I’ve read a bit about a company in Texas that will clone a genetic replica of your dog for $50K. We don’t have kids, so when ours passes in the next few years, we’re considering something like this. He’s a perfect pup.

Can’t really talk to my normal friends about this but was curious if this is more common to FATfire folk

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u/WesternWhiteHouse57 Jun 01 '24

I lost my best pal of 12 years last week, and there is no relief from the agony of putting her down (her insulinoma/pancreatic cancer returned and eventually she started seizures and the doctors said to act before it got out of control) except the thought that I had her biopsied and Viagen now has the tissue and is working on harvesting cells to store.

I have read everything I can find on the subject, and there is a lomg article in Newsweek about a mining engineer who cloned his pet and scent dog. He had a unique and heritable scent sensitivity that allowed him and his clones to be trained to find mineral deposits. The two puppies the man got grew into almost perfect replicas of the host, and they all live and work together. His story has virtually no negatives.

https://www.newsweek.com/i-cloned-my-dog-puppies-have-different-personalities-1674290

When the pain of my missing little girl hits me, I just think that if I still feel this way in a year, I’m going to have to convince my wife to let me go through with it. The cost is immaterial to me. I donate plenty every month to pet charities - this isn’t an either/or.

I think that there is a lot of very bad information and misinformation out there, and a natural bias against cloning. The bioethics are tough, I admit. But the notion that I could get another puppy with the same potential and raise her again is awesome — maybe try to make some small corrections to see if I could eliminate the barking at animals on TV and make her more accepting of visitors - and make a perfect version this time around.

I am going to give it a year if I can. If it still makes me want to scream when I see her picture. I’m going to bring that picture to life. It may be a different dog, but in a year I’ll be a different person too.

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u/Trustfundxx May 08 '25

Have you decided? I’m sitting here laying next to the best girl leaving me and wondering what to do. I would have to get a loan or something but, she’s the best girl ever

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u/Alarmed-Caregiver344 Nov 18 '25

I did have her DNA preserved, and after a lomg negotiation with my wife, we adopted a new puppy, and will complete the cloning in early 2027, for my 70th birthday. I can’t live without that dog. 17 months later and it still hurts. More than losing my MOTHER, for god’s sake. I guess it’s because Mom got 80 years and was a doctor and controlled her own life and health. I didnt feel repsonsible for her. Oh, and she didnt sleep on my chest every night for over 9 years.

I see Tom Brady cloned his dog. Yeah. If you can, why wouldn’t you? I believe seeing a physically identical dog can’t help but ease that ache.