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My dog who passed away last year, a show-bred Cocker, lived to be 15 years old and two weeks or so. He was not neutered, had a good temperament, never developed prostate cancer. His veterinarian found some kind of mass on my dog's testicles when my dog was 13, but he said it was so small and was so slow-growing that my dog would pass away before it became problematic, which turned out to be true. (my dog probably died of a cancerous process that seemed to have begun in his ears and/or respiratory system)
My dog was a show prospect, otherwise his breeder would have insisted on his being neutered at some point (my dog finished his championship and I retired him); but I saw no reason to neuter him and neither did various veterinarians. He was polite to other dogs, and, in maturity, usually willing to walk away from confrontations at the dog parks, and if there was a scuffle, he never hurt another dog.
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