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Old 07-21-2010, 01:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
CLOUDsMommy
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Question To Neuter..Or Not? Too Late?

I've had Cloud since he was 3 months old and my BF and I researched as much as we could about what breed of dog we wanted, what to expect, etc...But we both were always iffy about neutering or spaying depending upon if we got a boy or a girl. Well Cloud is a boy, of course, and he is now 2 years old. I was looking around on SM and came across a post about neutering and the mention of ages of when to neuter. Does this mean since he is already 2 years old, I've missed that timeframe where I should have neutered him? Or a dog can be neutered at ANY age?

Also, my BF is somewhat against Cloud getting neutered (I guess because its a 'male' thing and he says he doesn't want him to lose his 'manhood'...) But then I've also read that if you get your pet neutered/spayed they'd live longer lives? I also brought that up with my BF too, but he just finds that to be a bunch of BS, saying that it's probably what they tell people so that it would maybe help with the over population of animals, and how places get over populated with them they have to put them down ...[Since I had lived in California I know that a dog license cost about $100 per dog, and now that I've been living in NYC I only have to pay about $11 for an un-neutered dog.]

Thanks in advance for having the time to read my post and your insight
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