Standard is just as you are doing, 6 months. So you could pair a female on January first, and then again on June first, and that'd be the appropriate amount of time.
As long as he has a strong, clean pedigree, yes. Males can't be "injured" per se by breeding young or old, just know that their libido/sperm count won't be as good when they're still babies or when they get older. 1 year old is totally fine.
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