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Neutering Benefits

Male dogs can be neutered from 6 months to:

Stop or reduce male sex-hormone driven behaviours
Reduce wandering/roaming/straying (also reducing car accidents)
Reduce the chances of a dog bite
Reduce aggression towards other dogs
Reduce territoriality
Reduce prostatic disease (something very common in older entire male dogs)
Remove the risk of testicular cancer (especially common in retained testicles)
Alter the conformation of the dog - he will be less muscly and can be prone to putting on weight but that is entirely in your hands. If you feed him too much, he will put on weight!

Bitches should be neutered from 3 months after their first season or 8 weeks after a false pregnancy.

Early neutering will:

Dramatically reduce (by 70%) the risk of mammary cancer.
Stop unwanted heats/seasons - the inconvenience of three weeks of bleeding and attractiveness to male dogs. Bitches in season have been known to scale metre high fences to get out.
Reduce the risk of false pregnancies - a very common and distressing condition.
Remove the risk of a pyometra - a life-threatening womb infection very common in older or middle-aged entire bitches.
Reduce the number of unwanted puppies.
Increase the likelihood of obesity - it is important that neutered bitches are fed slightly less (approx. 10%) than entire bitches. Their weight is in your hands and they will only get fat if they are overfed.
Increase the chances of a urinary leakage problem - this occurs in entire bitches too and can be managed with medication.

Arielle Griffiths BVSc MRCVS