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Originally Posted by grapeguzzler  I am having doubts about the neuter next week. Why should I have him neutered? He is house broken and only marks outside. He is very well behaved too. Why am I doing this again? Any of you chose not to neuter?
I did not know I could love a fur ball so much! This is my first dog and I worry over him like he is my human child. |
We decided against neutering both our males. We did a great deal or research on our own, and discussed the pro's and con's with our vet and another. In our circumstances both vets told us there was no reason we absolutely had to neuter our boys.
I mention our circumstances because everyone's are obviously different. Our boys live with us, do not roam free under any circumstances, and are in an area where they will rarely be within a mile of a female dog. We can deal with the 10% chance of any of these circumstances changing. We are also confident in ours and our boys ability to deal with the marking issues.
For us, the cons most definitely outweigh any benefit to neutering "our" boys.
As far as testicular cancer goes, with research and discussions with a couple of vets, we have learned that this is one of the rarest forms of cancer in dogs... occurring in aprox. 1% of males.
While i would love to share all of the info we have gathered, its quite lengthy and from various sources. However, if you would like any of it, just drop me a pm, and i will forward anything that is in a format to be forwarded.
Again, this is our decision, based on our circumstances, and the fact that they are boys. Girls are a whole different ball game, with some well founded medical reasons to be spayed.
We put some serious thought and time into making this choice, and i would suggest you do the same. Best of luck