Should your dog be neutered? Plainly and simply put, the answer is yes. Unless you plan on breeding your boy, then it is far better to seriously consider having him neutered. A lot of pet owners fear that neutering their male dogs will lead to changes in personality or other negative differences, but that is not so at all and, besides that, the long lasting advantages are well worth the effort.

For starters, neutering is clearly different from spaying. It applies to male dogs and it removes your dog’s testicles. After your dog is neutered, he cannot produce sperm or testosterone any longer – so he cannot get a female dog pregnant. In general, dogs handle the surgery involved quite well – it is not an invasive procedure at all, and generally, your dog will be able to come home a few days after the surgery, if not the day after. Male dogs can be neutered by the time they are eight weeks old and onward from there.

One of the main reasons to neuter your boy is the population problem in the animal world. Every year, approximately fifteen million animals are left at animal shelters all across the United States. Most of these animals do not find homes. In fact, out of that fifteen million, nearly eleven million dogs and cats will be put down because they have not been adopted.