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Hi everyone! I have not posted here in a long time, although I check the site regularly and read your helpful posts. Today however I am faced with a serious dilemma and just had to post my question.

I took my dog, Mickiey, to the vet today for his annual check up. The vet examined Mickiey and advised me to neuter him. Mickiey turned two years old in March and I am conflicted about whether this procedure is safe to do at his age. I did not want to neuter him up until now because I was hoping that he would father puppies. Unfortunately it did not happen, and I don't think that it will. Hence, I believe that it is best to neuter him because I heard that it will keep him in better health and will hopefully prolong his life span, but I do not know if it is good for him at this age. I know that most owners neuter their dogs by the age of 12 months, so would I be hurting him or causing his discomfort or harm by neutering him at 2 years old?

Also, the vet said that many of Mickey's baby teeth did not fall out yet, so when he will be under anesthesia for the neutering process he can remove the baby teeth at once. Again, I do not feel comfortable doing unnecessary things to my dog, and am not sure that removing his baby teeth is necessary. What do you think? Is it bad or harmful to leave things the way they are? Or is removing his baby teeth better for him?

Last year my dog had several health scares so we visited the vet very frequently, and I am not sure why the vet did not bring any of these issues up than. It would have been so much easier to do all of these procedures when Mickey was still around 1 year old, but unfortunately I was not informed. Anyhow, please let me know what you think about neutering a 2 year old Yorkie, and what I should do about his baby teeth. Thank you all in advance!