If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

[Antori]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

yeah they totally should but it would be a bit sad for the dog to seeing his owners die one after the other ;w;

[benguino]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Given how poorly some people take care of their pets/animals, I would hate to have such abused animals have their lives extended to the lifetime of a human only to be horribly abused/neglected the entire time.

[QueenAshy]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Given how poorly some people take care of their pets/animals, I would hate to have such abused animals have their lives extended to the lifetime of a human only to be horribly abused/neglected the entire time.

Do you think those people would care enough about their dog to spend thousands of dollars to make it immortal?

[SKG_Scintill]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

no

[DossarLX ODI]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

No, because then those dogs would be confiscated as test subjects in an attempt to find immortality for (a select few) humans. The way the question is phrased, it sounds like there would be a solution for the dogs, and if it did in fact work, it would be modified for humans and that would be significantly worse.

Water Bears are probably the closest thing to immortality that scientists have seen. These organisms can withstand extreme environments. You can imagine the interest in them for how their resilience can be applied to humans.

[qrrbrbirbel]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Not dying /= not suffering.

Imagine how much we suffer when they die.
Now imagine how much a dog would suffer having to watch numerous owners die.

There's a reason some people never get another pet

[Chubisque]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Immortal dogs already exist dude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t8fyiiQVZ0

[QueenAshy]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Not dying /= not suffering.

Imagine how much we suffer when they die.
Now imagine how much a dog would suffer having to watch numerous owners die.

There's a reason some people never get another pet

Dogs don’t have long term memory dude, they’d forget about their previous owner within a week or two. The only things they have the capability to remember over long periods of time are smells

[choof]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Dogs don’t have long term memory dude, they’d forget about their previous owner within a week or two. The only things they have the capability to remember over long periods of time are smells

all I gotta do is run a search for "canine memory" and this is disproved almost immediately lol

[Charu]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

If dogs could forget that easily, then I don't think our previous dog would've been such a sweetheart...

[Travis_Flesher]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Absolutely they should! Genetic engineering is one of the coolest things earthlings can accomplish. A philosopher's stone like that is a different ballgame than traditional selective breeding for desired traits, but with an open mind and some magical thinking, I believe it's possible. The immortality would probably utilize cybernetics and biotechnology.
It's interesting to note that natural selection has not favored deformities, but if a reasoning mind uses unnatural selection, we could be breeding animals or even, egad, humans, with 6 arms, 4 legs, 2 heads and other possibilities. In the distant future there could be people with perfectly formed additional limbs like Giro from Mortal Kombat.

[Mollocephalus]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Watching your pet die might not be pleasant but guess what, dying is part of the package. Sometimes you gotta be challenged by negative experiences to learn how to deal with them. Dogs (and pets in general) already live far more than they used to thanks to specific foods, vet checks, lesser exposition to parasites and diseases.

If a dog that lives as long as us is created it means we have the technology to postpone human decay as well, which is a much bigger thing. Life extension is not wrong per se, especially in a pet, however it would bring complications that would need to be addressed.

[Gradiant]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

You didn't just make this thread because of your shitty comment that got you banned from r/dogpictures did you?

[choof]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

You didn't just make this thread because of your shitty comment that got you banned from r/dogpictures did you?

color me interested

[Charu]

Re: If humans could make dogs immortal, should we?

Lets just say... I lost respect for Queen when I saw it.