Benefit of neutering your dog
Neutering dog side effects

Once a dog reaches puberty, both testicles should have descended down to the scrotum from the ingle or the abdomen. There are however, problems sometimes and on occasions they stay retained. If you suspect that your puppy has this problem, have him get a check up when he reaches puberty (at six months of age). Usually in these cases veterinarians suggest for you to neuter the dog since a retained testicle has a lot of probabilities of getting cancer with time. A dog that has a retained testicle can also transmit this defect on to his puppies, which is why dogs with this problem should not be used to reproduce. A testicle that has been retained in the dog's abdomen can on some occasions, turn into a tumor and begin to produce estrogen. Another advantage of neutering is that it can prevent a lot of health problems that older dogs often times get.

Neutering: Dogs that have been neutered are in less risk of getting the following diseases:

• Tumors in the testicles: a problem that is relatively common in older dogs.
• Anal adenomas: or tumors that show up when the dog is around one year of age. This problem causes very intense irritation, bleeding and the dog sometimes has difficulty defecating.

Questions and answers
Q: Rome, my three year old cocker spaniel, is very aggressive with other dogs. Is it true that he will calm down if I neuter him?
A: There could be many different reasons your dog is aggressive toward other dogs and neutering might not necessarily solve all of these problems. In the case of your dog, because of his age, territorial aggressiveness will not be resolved by neutering him. You should talk to your veterinarian about this problem. It's possible he will want to give the dog an injection that temporarily holds back his male hormones.