Cloning a dog named Booger

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It would appear that some people cannot let dead pets lay undisturbed. In this case, it is a pit bull named Booger. After his death, his grief stricken owner had the dog cloned, with the results being five little Boogers. - Grief of a pet is real, and for some as real as a beloved human's passing. Cloning though isn't the answer. A cloned organism is not an emotional, psychological copy of the original organism like we see on Star Trek. Cloned organisms are physical copies of DNA. Their closest 'natural' counterparts are identical twins, or other multiples. If you know any such twins, the personalities can be radically different in what appear to be identical bodies. - Unlike twins, clones from older or dead organisms can come with serious problems as was proven with Dolly the Sheep. Because she was cloned from older cells, she aged rapidly and died prematurely. - Not only is cloning your dead pet probably not going to produce his or her personality, the procedure is not cheap. The little Boogers cost $150,000 to create.