Well hun, while health problems are often overlooked, it is mostly because the health risks aren't very high (in some cases) as the puppy will most likely be a bit harder to train while still holding onto his, um...hormone factories. So, as of right now, it's really your parent's decision to get it done, and if it does get done, don't worry. Your puppy will still be healthy if you guys take care of him, regardless of whether or not his nads stay there. Hope this helps :3

Um yeah, as a vet tech for nearly a decade, I highly recommend that he gets neutered. A dog's personality isn't final until they are about 2 years old so he may not have behavioral problems now, but he very well could develop them in the next year in a half. Neutering doesn't CHANGE personality - but it does PREVENT personality problems - do you understand what I'm saying? Your dogs personality now wont change if you neuter him, but if you don't - it could change very negatively. Plus if he's not neutered he's going to try and run away a lot more, dogs can smell a bitch it heat over a mile away. This country has a major pet overpopulation problem - my shelter here in AZ gets over 150 animals a day. Out of those 150: 5 find their original owners, 20 are adopted and 125 are put to sleep. You may say "OH MY DOG WILL NEVER GET OUT" or "I'M NOT GONNA BREED HIM" - haha, famous last words.

The links you are posting to I have heard about a billion times from clients who eventually realize that neutering IS the better option. Whether you neutered or not they still run the risk of getting urinary cancers, oesteosarcoma and all the other things listed. Dog can't live forever unfortunately and somethings gotta kill them eventually. I'd rather have my dogs be more enjoyable while they are around, and that's why all of mine are fixed.

The obesity factor is SUCH CRAP. YOU control your dogs food intake, if you're dog is fat YOU are feeding your dog too much (unless they have something like hypothyroidism (my first dog had this) then they gain weigh because of an extremely treatable glandular problem). I have to laugh to hard when people tell me their dog is fat because they were neutered - WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP. My pets are all fit and trim and they are all "fixed". You know why? Because if they start gaining weight I go "Oh, maybe I should stop feeding them so much!" and then, WOW they lose weight! Exercise also helps out big time too.

If this is all about the whole "HE'S LOSING HIS MANHOOD BAAAAAWWW" then you need to stop anthropomorphizing your dog. Dogs do not give a flying fuck whether they have their balls or not - they don't associate it with "being a man" like humans do. People who say their dogs look sad immediately following a neuter - well that's called Aceproamazine and recovering from anesthesia. Most the time they next day they are running around like nothing happened, which is really frustrating because they have to be calm and contained for a few days after surgery.

There is a reason neutering is a popular thing to do AND required by most shelters before adopting out an animal. It's not a money making scheme - most vets who volunteer at shelters and not get paid (or get paid very little!) but still do it just so they can help control the pet population.

So you're parents ARE making the right decision even if they are doing it for the wrong reasons as you claim. Sorry that's not the answer you want to hear - but that's the way it is.