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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you rescue this doodle? Most breeders require you to neuter.[/quote]

OP here and no, he is not a rescue. Yes, the breeder did "request" that we neuter, although I'm not sure how that could ever be checked up on, let alone enforced. Regarding day care or boarding, as noted, I don't anticipate a need for that. We have plenty of family here who would keep him when we go out of town.

I'm interested in the comment from the poster about waiting until he is two years old; maybe that is a compromise.

So far, every reason posted here has to do with what is best for pet owners, and their convenience. I haven't seen anything that indicates that this is in any way what is best for the dog.[/quote]

It's for both, this is a symbiotic best practice.

Listen, you're almost definitely going to wind up neutering your dog. Because what's going to happen is that at some point, his sex hormones are going to start driving aggressive or unwanted behavior. You might take your dog to a trainer and you know what they'll say "oh, neuter him." So you're going to wind up neutering him.

Do it now, when he's still young, and that means that you can eliminate those hormones from the equation and keep developing your relationship to the dog without as much stress and drama. Better for everyone, including your dog.

Or whatever, you can wait until it's a problem, and waste months of everyone's life trying to deal with the problem, only to have to neuter the dog anyway.

There is a reason this is best practices. You are arrogantly thinking your dog is different, your situation is different. It isn't! Just neuter your dog like you should.[/quote]

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