Whether a dog should be neutered and at what age can depend on many different factors so we would recommend making that decision with the guidance of your registered vet.

Neutering helps to prevent unwanted pregnancies and subsequent puppies. It may be considered useful in preventing and reducing the risks of certain health conditions too. And may or may not help with some hormonally driven behaviours.
We do not recommend neutering female or male dogs until they are at least 6 months old with the advice often being to wait until they are skeletally mature or fully grown.

For some breeds of dog this is nearer to twelve months of age or even twelve-twenty-four months of age in larger breeds.

In male dogs we now believe that testosterone may play an important role in behaviour. In some dogs neutering them and removing that testosterone might result in that dog becoming more nervous or fearful in certain situations leading to unwanted behaviours. For this reason we would always recommend having a behaviour discussion with a member of our team before making the decision to neuter your male dog.

Female dogs can be neutered before their first season or two-three months after a season. Whether to neuter before a season or not is usually dependent on the age and breed of dog.

A recent study looked at joint disorders, cancers and urinary incontinence associated with age of neutering in different breeds of dogs. This study gives recommendations of when to neuter specific breeds of dogs please see the link below for further information:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00388/full