I'm probably just out of touch, but what's with the obsession with dogs, anyhow?

> I was so devastated by the loss of my dear Samantha, after 14 years together, that I just wanted to keep her with me in some way. It was easier to let Sammie go if I knew I could keep some part of her alive, something that came from her DNA. A friend had cloned his beloved dog, and I was very impressed with that dog. So Sammie’s doctor took some cells from inside her cheek and the skin on her tummy just before she died. And we sent those cells to ViaGen Pets in Texas. We weren’t even sure if the cells would take.

I mean, imagine if someone said this and it was a human. You'd look at 'em like they're insane [1].

[1] By the way, this is literally a Black Mirror episode, S02 E01 (edit: Thanks for the correction!)