Have just been reading the posts and had a completely different response from my vet. When we took Bailey for his second vaccination at 10 weeks old, we asked about neutering, thinking this was the responsible thing to do. Our vet said that he didnt believe in neutering dogs just for the sake of neutering. He knew that it affected a cocker's coat, and we should only really get him neutered if his behaviour was particularly bad. Must admit I was quite "thrown" by this at the time, but in our case it's worked out well. We have a lovely, well behaved, entire dog with a lovely coat. Im not sure what he would say about the unwanted pregnancy arguement though.