What age to neuter?

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What age to neuter?

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Eddie is now six and a half months. He's humping everything and doing big boy leg cocked wee's.
The vet said we can have him neutered any time from 7 months but a friend has told me this is too young and I should wait until he's a year...

I want to do what's right for him, are there any benefits to waiting or should I get on with it? >coc<
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I always say once they are cocking their leg.
If he is humping everything, tell him to stop that and give him something else to do.
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{rofwl} {rofwl}

I'm hoping he will be easier to train than the two human (ish) teenagers in the house >fi<

I shall get him booked in for the beginning of the Easter holidays so Izzy will be around to give him extra snuggles if he's feeling sore )t'
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Yes he will be easier.
Having four of them. I didn't have any better success with them as I went along )grin2(
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Little boy doggie, I'd get him neutered now and get it out of the way. Our vets neuter dogs from about six months of age onwards. xx
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Id do it now too Lucy )t'
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Mad Chick wrote:{rofwl} {rofwl}

I'm hoping he will be easier to train than the two human (ish) teenagers in the house >fi<



Now don't go getting over ambitious - teenagers cannot be trained on any level {rofwl}

We've mainly had rescue dogs at about six months to about ten months through our lives and all have already been neutered. Never had a problem.
People still to this day spout the "older is better" mantra but the truth is older is easier and vets used to be lazy and lacking competition. Now there's a veterinary surgery within reach of most homes and they are better trained, so older isn't easier really - just marginally smaller.
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He's going in at 8.30 tomorrow morning - to say I'm a bit nervous is an understatement :oops: {cry}
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Awww he'll be fine {hug} {hug}


Like all males though, he will feel sorry for himself for a long time {rofwl}
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Ha ha A day or so and he will have forgotten about it.
It is all outside the body. So it isn't like having a female neutered.
Your other half may have tears in his eyes for some time !
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