If you were execting have a child, and were able to, as a result of advances in genetics choose its sex, as well as its physical appearances…?
I wouldn’t.
Just like when I got my dog. She’s a mutt. She’s a combo of genes. That’s the beauty of letting nature be: for the most part, recessive genes get snuffed out buy stronger, dominate, genes. And she’s cute, healthy and ready for fun! Pure breed dogs, for the most part, are riddled with problems due to the inbreeding.
I don’t think I would “customize” a child. I think nature does a fine job as it is. I would trust in that.
Interesting idea though… I think it was Dennis Leary who said, “Like my kid? He matches my couch.”
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That is sooo true Byz.
I have two dogs. One is a Chow-Golden Retriever mix. He is the prettiest fluffiest dog in the world. He is very playful and an all around perfect pet. He never has any problems, he is never sick, never throws up, no infections and no skin problems. He cost about 20 bucks at the shelter.
I got another dog the same week I got him (Seven Years ago). This one is a pure bread German Shepard and he cost a couple hundred dollars. He has nasty skin problems, uncureable ear infections, he is underweight, throws up randomly, and I cannot play with him because he whines when his ears are touched. He barks and scratches ALL DAY LONG. He is so annoying. The other dog will just lay down and relax. This one walks around constantly and is always in the way. Man did I get ripped off!!!
Bear_Nenno – I might suggest to you that the German Shepard has allergy problems. My dog is a mutt and never had any problems. But this spring was very dry and pollen was off the charts. She started scratching, rubbing, licking her paws and she had never done this before. I bathed her but it didn’t seem to help. I took her in for her yearly thing (rabies, heart-guard pills) and I found out she has allergies!
If your dog is licking their paws, a lot, it is probably allergies. She has to take anti-histamine pills but they are really dirt cheap and are basically human pills; I can take them too. 14.00 for 100 pills. I can’t get human pills that cheap! I watch the pollen count and give her the pills in accordance with that.
JFYI and all, but that might be why your German Shepard is having so many problems. My pup is about 1/4 German Shepard. Also, you might try posting something in MPSIMS because there is a poster, I think Michele, that is a vet or a vet helper. Anyway, she knows a lot of stuff and might be able to help you.
Best to you!
Byz
Thanks Byz.
What a coincidence. I just met her in person today at the Tampa Dopetoberfest 2000. She is a very nice person. I actually talked to her about this exact subject, Mutts being better than pure breds…
Thank you for the tip.
Hey, you bet! I’m glad you got to meet her in person. I’ve always appreciated her posts about animals. I’ve gotten a lot of great info. Did I get her poster name right? I’d like to write it down and maybe thank her for the helpful info.
Tx
Byz
Her poster name is Michi… her email is
kittynurse4@juno.com
Jane Symore (the actress, not the queen) has one green eye and one brown eye. I wonder how that happens? SD’rs?
yeah. i thought that this was a thread about David Bowie.
That’s the weird thing–I’m way average and so is husband. And yet I really hoped our kid would look like his dad. All his quirky features. I would have chosen that over some genetically “perfect” baby.
As it was, the fruit of our loins looks sorta like me but we seemed to have cancelled each other out for the most part, and he’s actually pretty cute. We have NO idea how this happened.
He’s blonde, I woulda chosen dark hair. His hair is straight, I woulda gone for curly. But he’s wonderful, and I’m glad I didn’t have a choice.
Another odd thing: I told my husband we could not use our first choice name unless the kid had dark hair. I just couldn’t see a blonde with that name. So when he was born with dark hair, I breathed a sigh of relief and we named him. Naturally it all fell out and he’s a towhead. Go figure. But I couldn’t imagine him being named anything else, now!
Somewhere the moral of all this rambling is that I am a moron. I think.
IMHO I would only want to change the kind of child I’d have if there was some problem like cerebral palsy, or MS, or the like. Otherwise, I’d be happy with whatever was produced from the random mix of my genes with my future husband’s.