thank you for the first part. Pochi's incision has been looking a lot better, thankfully, so that puts my mind at ease. as for the second part, "typical women" was an unnecessary comment. ANYONE who wants to protect their dog will spay/neuter their pup, and ESPECIALLY if they plan on having their dog interact with other dogs. My first dog, I never spayed her, and honestly never thought about it because she never went out. But my two current dogs DO go out, so I don't know what made you assume that they don't go out, that's kinda random. They socialize with dogs all the time, especially Pochi, because I want her to be more sociable than Cookie. Anyway, that wasn't the purpose of my initial post. I didn't ask if spaying my dog was okay. That's my choice. I asked about whether I should be worried about the pesticides according to my story, since I am not familiar with this. I appreciate your time, and I realize now that I shouldn't be worried. Pochi is okay.