by Sedgewick » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:49 am
Spaying/neutering, regardless of popular belief, does not affect a dog's personality.
Often overlooked is the decreased calorie requirements that altered (spayed/neutered) pets need.
Without such high hormone production, the body's metabolism drops.
If you continue to feed the same amount as when they were intact, they often will become obese, simply because their bodies aren't burning as many calories anymore.
Kudos to you for having your pups fixed - not only does it help control pet overpopulation, it's also beneficial to their health.
Intact males are at a much greater risk of testicular and prostate cancer - neutering eliminates the risk of testicular cancer (because they're gone), and greatly reduces the chance of prostate cancer, because it's hormonal driven - without testosterone being produced in large amounts, the chances of development are greatly reduced.
Spaying females also reduces the risk of mammary cancer, and eliminates the possibility of ovarian cancer.
Addition:
The condition of having only one testicle descended (called "cryptorchid") increases the risk of the undescended testicle becoming cancerous, as it is maintained at a higher temperature than it should be naturally.
Of course, this is only if it is not removed.
The price of the neuter will be slightly higher, as your veterinarian will need to remove the second testicle either by means of the inguinal canal, or by making a second incision and removing it abdominally, depending upon where it is stuck.
Other than that, it will not affect him any differently than a "regular" neuter.