I am thinking about castrating my 10 month old male puppy, can someone give me some information about it please?

Thanks

Why so early?  Personally I wouldn't do it untill a dog was at least 2 years old, but then I would castrate a dog at all but thats my choice.  if you search this site you will find many opinions about castration and some good advice

Rox

Please ask yourself why after buying a male dog you are now wanting to castrate him. If you then decide you have good reason to do it please leave it as long as you possibly can.

I have only castrated a dog once and that experience has made me decide that I will never do it again except for an urgent medical reason.

i personally think that unless you are going to breed with your dog that castration is the best way. testicular cancer is main killer in males, it also stops many unwanted pregnancies therefore many unwanted dogs. ask your vet about the best time to castrate, but 10 months seems okay.

>>testicular cancer is main killer in males<<

Details of where this information comes from please and if possible a link to the research that led to this surprising findings.

First time I've heard that one. Where did you get this information?

i am sorry i did intend to type concern not killer. my apologise.

Ok will accept you made a mistake but why do you say it is the main concern, is there scientific research results that have given you this idea and concern, please let us know where these papers are published.

I too was advised by a vet to have males castrated at a year old to prevent cancer.  I havent had them done, one is now 3 and the others are a year old.  my reason for not was because I wanted to show.  I think vets tell you this because in there eyes it would prevent unwanted pups being born into the world and filling up the rescue centres even more so than they are already.  Also to stop irresponsable people from breeding without the neccessary health checks being done. :)

thanks for accepting my apologise. there is no evidence of such that i can give you. it is myself. i will do anything to eliminate any problems that may arise in my dogs if that means castration then so be it. also as i have said before it will also stop unwanted dogs, the world is to full of dogs who in my opinion have no life what so ever and it is all down to "accidents" and irresponsible owners.

Its irresponsible owners not un-castrated dogs which create these "accidents".  Most entire males wouldnt know how to mate anyway ;)

Hi Benny, sure you have the best of motives, but castration can lead to problems too, including one of the very nasty cancers, so it is best to let people make up there own mind and do their own research. Like most things in life people will be told all sort of things and sometimes they are not true, that is why I asked you for clarification, I am particularly interested in the pros & cons of castration because I had a dog who was badly effected and now think people should think hard and find out as much as possible before deciding on their course of action.

i agree with you jackie h people should be allowed to make their own minds up.