An animal lover who cloned his girlfriend's dog is now going create a £77,000 DNA copy of his own pooch after it died last month. Dog-mad Richard Remde, 46, had already decided that he wanted to recreate devoted cocker spaniel, Max, as he was deteriorating in old age. When Max died at the age of 19 - on May 4, Richard made sure he retained some cells needed to recreate the animal who had been his first ever pet. Dog-mad Richard Remde, 46,has two boxer clones called Chance and Shadow (pictured), who were created from the DNA of their dead predecessor, Dylan He had Max's DNA extracted by a specialist vet before jetting out to South Korea with the sample on ice to be stored until ready for the procedure. Richard, who builds footballers' houses for a living, said: 'Max had been with me through everything. 'I'd had family pets as I'd grown up but Max was my first pet, he has seen me go through becoming a father, buying homes and divorce, he has always been by my side. 'I wasn't definitely sure this is what I wanted to do, but now I know I want to keep a bit of Max with us.' Mr Remde is pictured with Chance, right, and the now deceased Max (far left). Cloned puppies are made through a process called 'somatic cell nuclear transfer' Max was one of nine dogs living at Richard's home located on a hillside in Silsden, West Yorkshire. Richard has two daughters from a previous marriage, Alex, 15, and Evie, 10. But with partner Sarah Jaques, 33, they have pet pooches, a bull mastif called Harvey, a golden retriever called Chloe, and shih tzus Dinky and Alfie. They also have two boxer clones called Chance and Shadow, who were created from the DNA of their dead predecessor, Dylan. They have one of the surrogate mothers called Sassie - the other one, Hope, has since died - and a mixed breed dog they are raising after rescuing it on a trip to Korea with a view to rehoming. Richard is pictured with partner Laura and Prof. Dr. Hwang. Richard had Max's DNA extracted by a specialist vet before jetting out to South Korea with the sample on ice to be stored until ready for the procedure Richard's first foray into cloning was the first of its kind in the UK when Laura's dog, Dylan, died aged eight, from a brain tumour in May 2015. Devastated at having to watch her grief Richard remembered an article he'd read on cloning and got in touch with the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in Seoul, South Korea. Laura took her own samples of DNA, by using a kit bought from Boots, to take biopsies from Dylan's tummy and rushed these out to South Korea. Cloned puppies are made through a process called 'somatic cell nuclear transfer'. Starting with an egg harvested from a donor dog on heat, using a high-powered microscope scientists poke a microhole in the egg and remove the nucleus - the DNA. They then replace the nucleus with a cell from the dog being cloned. The hybrid egg is blasted with electricity to fuse the cells and begin cell division, and the embryo is implanted in a surrogate dog's womb. The surrogates are dogs rescued from centres across South Korea - they are usually of mixed breed. Then, if the pregnancy is successful, an exact replica puppy of the deceased pet will be born around 60 days later - the length of a canine pregnancy. When Max (pictured above) died at the age of 19 - on May 4, Richard made sure he retained some cells needed to recreate the animal who had been his first ever pet. Max was one of nine dogs living at Richard's home located on a hillside in Silsden, West Yorkshire A few months later, the puppy will be flown to the UK for a 'cloning reunion' with the owner of the original dog. Richard is going out to Korea in a couple of days to choose his own surrogate mum. He said: 'I am hoping to choose a dog that I can help. 'We will be bringing the surrogate dog home with us and we will look after her too, just like we did with Chance and Shadow's surrogates.' He can then expect to have his new dog home by Christmas. Lucky for Richard this procedure will only incur his expenses as he is now an ambassador for the company. Responsible for the English-speaking customers of the company in the west, he has set up Dog Cloning UK. Richard said Sooam Biotech was a non-profit organisation that used cloning as a way of raising money for research into diseases with hereditary links such as Alzheimer's and cancer, and its work cloning endangered animal species. He said: 'The dog cloning is very popular with celebrities lining up to clone their dogs. We are a nation of animal lovers and cherish our dogs.'All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility