There are a lot of vets that do early spaying and neutering. My youngest cat's breeder normally has her kittens spayed at 10 weeks (as long as they are over 2lbs)...mine was spayed around 16 weeks though because the breeder had some health issues that prevented her from taking her to the vet earlier. I know several vets that will spay and neuter starting at 16 weeks, but there are still vets that like to stick the the old traditional "6 months" rule. Personally, if it were MY dog, I'd get a male neutered ASAP - somewhere between 10 and 16 weeks..just as soon as I could LOL. But for a female I would probably do it between 4 and 5 months so there would be absolutely no chance of her going into heat before she was spayed.
I HIGHLY doubt your vet is recommendng the spay because he needs the money...he can make just as much money off of you when your dog is older, and most vets charge even more after they go into their first heat.
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