You should definitely neuter your dog. Actually, neutering increases a dog's life span. It eliminates the risk of testicular cancer and enlarged prostate, lowers aggression, and usually deters behavioral problems like humping and marking. An intact male is always searching for a female in heat - they can smell one a mile away. He may become an escape artist, get out, and get hit by a car or hurt some other way. Some males will stop eating if a female in heat is close by.
The risks from neutering are very very small. It's one of the least invasive surgeries actually. Most complications that arise from surgery comes from the anesthesia, which arise with ANY surgery. Most dogs have no problems with the anesthesia. It's essential you have pre-op bloodwork done on your dog before the surgery to make sure there aren't any underlying health problems that make anesthesia dangerous. If you do that, your dog should be fine. He'll be groggy for about a day afterwards but should be back to his old self in no time.
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