Craziness

So I had a little bitty stress attack last night just because I started getting a little overwhelmed by the little errands and things like my car still dying on me every few weeks.

But I let myself chill out and watch dumb reality TV....
Which is what this post is actually about.
If you haven't seen it, TiVo it, find it online, but you have got to watch "I Cloned My Pet".
I am not kidding, these people are CRAZY!!!!
My roommate and I couldn't look away. These people love these pets more than their spouses, more than their kids, are more sad about their deaths than about those of significant others or parents. One lady has a huge picture of her dog on her comforter, pillows, and wall. She sleeps in bed next to his ashes tucked into a blanket (Trouble liked to curl up in blankets...), she saved the water that was in his bowl when he died....Craziness. A man from Korea has his dog buried but has all her toys sitting on her grave in a little picket fenced area. He has pictures of her everywhere.
This cloning process costs them $50,000-$100,000...

Yea, you read that right.

But they love their pet and they just want them back right? Funny story about cloning. Cloning does not equal duplication. Your dog might look the same (but might not, some colors and patterns change during growth in unpredictable ways), it may have some (I stress some) of the same preferences, but all of the life experiences that made it your beloved pet will not happen.

For example, all the quirky things I love about my animals come from the way they were raised before I ever met them. 
Harvey was on a chain outside all day. I guarantee that this had an effect on his attitude and his personality, maybe even his size!
Addie was on her own for four months...I have no clue what happened or where she was, but that is a big part of what made her Addie.
Ivy was raised by one of our very best family friends. Do you think that she would be the same if she had been raised entirely on her own instead of with a passel of  her siblings? If she had been raised by me and not her breeder?
No!
They would still be great pets (maybe), their health might be the same (but clones generally live shorter lives), and they might be the same color......

I just wonder if anyone went over this with them before the spent my student loan debt/the cost of a house/ a huge retirement fund on their new puppies.

Then again one lady took her new puppy to a psychic who said the puppy recalled the old dog's last moments meaning that he had the memories of the original.... so I could be wrong.


You gotta watch this show for yourself, it's on TLC and it is worth it for sheer shock value!

Have a good everyone, it snowed here so everything looks beautiful!