Dinosaur pets??

An interesting concept...

But a difficult one to Acheive, It'd take years upon years of Genetic Tampering just to Develope one, And then Millions of Dollars just for Lab equipment alone. 

Plus, You'd have to Breed a Huge stock just to get one that Fits your Specifications. 

It'd take nearly Half a million or More Stock just to narrow down the Right genes. But it'd take nearly a Million to Perfect the Genetics in it.

However, Sometimes, Doing work like this is only limited by the Imagination. Not by the Sciences. 

The end result would be a awesome pet that would replace all others.

Definatley... But it'd take So much time to even get a Prototype constructed. 

Bio-engineering is also not a completely Steady feild so, We could design one, For sure, But we don't know if It's heart is going to work, Or if it's going to even live at all. 

I'm not saying it's impossible, its just extremely difficult... But it's a good idea. 

Don't give up on it. 

In the "near" (60 years)future I could do it.

Are you telling me that a dog-sized Carcharodontosaurus is better than a dog itself? I don't think so.

Uh, yea. Of course it is better.

Well, dogs have been living with men since Mesolitic (10.000-8.000 b.C.), while a Carcharodontosaurus has never met a man. What would be its reaction?

Nor would it ever meet one.

Its a Genetic Creature we're creating, It would only resemble it, But it would not be it. 

The only way the two might meet, Would be through a Time machine. 

Because as Each day passes, It makes it just that much harder to find a Dinosaur DNA Sample. 

This is after they have been trained and tolerate humans. Just like early cainines and primates it would bbe rough at first but then become mans most bada** friend.

This will take a lot of time though.

I am full aware of this.

TYRANT KING - An incredibly compelling notion. The genetics would definately play a very large factor in the overall outcome of the animal. You'd want a creature that evidences strong mammalian emotional drives and mentality if it's going to be a "friend" to anything. Thus, you'd have to completely rewrite the genetic aspects responsible for the animal's brain. I've a strong feeling that, were we to give rise to miniature dinosaurs that maintained their original mental aspects, we'd have some incredibly vicious and base-instinctual creatures interested solely in eating, sleeping and making little versions of their minature selves. However, were it possible to "graft" canine or feline emotional and mental characteristics into the animal in question, it would likely be a wonderful pet. Of course, what makes us mammals enjoy pets most of all is their soft and empathetic nature. Our minds are hard wired to take enjoyment from petting the soft fur of creatures, which is why therapy animals are almost entirely dogs, cats and other mammals. Scales and/or feathers just don't engender the same emotional response as fur for the vast majority of the human race. For the most part, reptiles are viewed as exotic pets; the minds of most individuals perceive them as very neat, yet slightly strange. Therefore, while I have no doubt that people would absolutely love to see minature dinos - even own them as novelties - I strongly doubt they'd replace our mammalian pets. Most people like their pets to be soft, warm and fuzzy!

Regardless, this is a very neat and intriguing topic! Thank you for presenting this to us! :)

TYRANT KING - Of course, we could genetically engineer a mini T-Rex with the mind and fur of a German Shepherd! That'd be a beautiful animal - and warm and fuzzy to boot! I'd own one or five of those darlings! :)

This definitely would be very cool and as the others said very expensive to make. But, if successful, they would sell like crazy. Ever since the first dinosaurs were discovered man has had an obsession with them. Most people (myself included) have dreamt about having a dinosaur as a pet.

Plus you guys have only been talking about carnivores as pets. Why not herbivores? Just being herbivores they are much safer. As Something Real said that with carnivores they would need to have a mammalian emotional gene, but herbivores would not. They are already more well-tempered to begin with. They didn't kill to eat, they kill that much to begin with, they only killed to protect themselves. Herbivores like Parasaurolophos, Iguanodon, or Brachiosaurus would excellent candidates for pets.

GOJIRA2K - You know, I hadn't considered that possibility? You're quite right; many of the herbivores would be ideal animals for pets - provided they could be made more, hmm, congruent with what we associate as friendly! I'd adore having a protoceratops as a pet! :)

I never restricted this to only carnivores.  That would be great.

juat don't have a mini triceratops and a mini t.tex in the same house........

TYRANT KING - Hahaha! Indeed; that would certainly lead to some, um, "renovations" needing to be inacted! ;)

One word... Yu-frickin-tyrannus!

And once we are capable of genetically creating dinosaur miniatures, we'll also be capable of making the fluffiest Tyrannosaurus ever. I'm not even talking about those ridiculous pictures on deviantArt, those will be like child's play compared to my pet Tyrannosaurus, it will be the fluffiest of all and it shall rule like the living piece of fluffines it will be!

*evil laugh as I brush the feathers of something that vaguely resembles a ball of feathers*

I would want a Therizinosaurus myself. From what I have seen they are are also fluffy. And they have long claws.