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Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I actually feel like it's more important to fix males than females. Males will change if they are not neutered, they will always be you little boy, if they are neutered. Unfortunately, the testicles will gradually produce a great deal of testosterone, and your little boy will change to something like a teenage boy. Lol, who wants that? I think it has to be frustrating for males to have the urge, but never be able to satisfy it. They can smell a female in heat miles a way, and really have an ingrained need to get to her. Unneutered males are much more likely to run away because of this, and the number one cause of death in unneutered males is injures due to care accidents. If you wait too long to make your decision, marking may become a firmly established habit, and difficult to eliminate even after neutering. Yorkies tend to need some of the baby teeth removed anyway, and it just seems like neutering and removing those baby teeth, are two of the best things we can do for their future health.