When looking for a dog for my boy, I knew I wanted an older dog but not too old, just enough to have passed the puppy stage and training stage. Yet, young enough if not trained properly I could correct. If he were already neutered that would have been a bonus. At the age of two, Dodge turned out to be everything I envisioned my boy's dog to be. Unfortunately, however, he did not come neutered. Perhaps I should have waited a bit to make sure he had no behavour problems or get a physical before getting him neutered, but with Emma being unspayed and Ryder not neutered, that was not an option. Any dog that comes onto our property must be fixed. And if things really didn't work out, at least I feel better knowing I'm keeping unwanted puppy pregnacies down.
Anyway, he came out of the surgery fine, but won't stop licking the wound.