Miss P before you start losing sleep about an organ your puppy will be missing in future, consider this:
""Did you know?
Each day 10,000 humans are born in the U.S. - and each day 70,000 puppies and kittens are born. As long as these birth rates exist, there will never be enough homes for all the animals. As a result, every year 4 to 6 million animals are euthanized because there are no homes for them. ""
""What can you do to stop the suffering?
Spay and neuter your pet! In addition to saving lives, spaying and neutering can also drastically improve your pet's health and life expectancy. The idea that pets become fat or lazy when they are spayed or neutered is a myth. Sterilized pets lead healthier, longer lives
. Spaying a female eliminates the possibility of uterine and ovarian cancer and greatly reduces the risk of breast cancer. Neutering a male reduces the risk of both prostate enlargement and prostate cancer. Neutering also will make your pet more affectionate and less likely to roam, get in fights, or become lost.""
http://www.doghause.com/spay.asp
http://www.petrescue.com/spay-neuter.htm
http://personal.cfw.com/~dtratnac/neuter.htm
""Unless a dog is going to be used for breeding, it should be spayed or neutered. And it is my firm belief that most dogs and most dog owners should NOT be involved in breeding.
Why don't I want to be a breeder? Because I am ignorant. I do not know enough about breeding and bloodlines to make intelligent choices.
I know some breeders who have been doing it for over thirty years.
They know so much about which dogs are good producers and which are not,
How do you know if a dog is worthy of breeding? There's a whole lot more involved than the dog's phenotype (what the dog looks like and acts like). A dog may seem to be of "breeding quality," but what's in the genes? That's what really counts.
In six short years, one female dog and its offspring can be the source of 67,000 puppies.
In just seven years, one female cat and its young can produce 420,000 cats.
""WHAT DOES PET-OVERPOPULATION HAVE TO DO WITH ME?
just about everything. It's hard to imagine that letting your pet have one--or even two--litters causes a problem, especially if you find homes for most of the puppies or kittens. But the fact is that "just one litter" does cause pet overpopulation""
http://www.huntington-indiana.com/humane/just_one_litter.htm
So, Miss P, rethink your position???
And Miss P if you love your dog you simply MUST read this book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/074320297X/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-6570340-8214245#reader-link
Fuzzy