They are cute and cuddly, and considered man’s best friend, and they are sweeping North America by storm in the war against bed bugs. Bed bug sniffing dogs are becoming a popular tool in the search and destroy mission when it comes to bed bug infestations.
Using a canine to help humans accomplish a task is not a new concept by any stretch. Dogs are currently trained and used successfully for a variety of different tasks. They dutifully perform their jobs with what appears to be great pleasure.
A canine’s highly sophisticated nose enables it to detect a variety of substances that typically goes un-noticed by humans. A dog’s nose has an average of 200 to 250 million scent receptors compared to the human nose which only contains 5 million scent receptors. Dogs are routinely used by law enforcement agencies for bomb sniffing, drug detection, cadaver searching, missing persons, arson detection, weapon searching, and an attack dog will be hot on the scent of anyone who makes the mistake of running.
Bed bug infestations are not limited to just being found in beds as bed bugs are masters at hiding in many different places in a home or business. These tiny little blood sucking creatures typically come out from their hiding spots during the early hours of the morning before a person wakes to obtain a blood meal of their victim. Bed bug sniffing dogs can easily detect bed bugs that are hiding at any time of the day or night.
In the pest control industry, working dogs undergo hundreds of hours of training so that they can differentiate between infestations of termites, cockroaches, ants, bed bugs and other insects. Like with other types of doggie training, not all pooches make the cut, only the best! Once a dog is successfully trained, it is matched with a handler for more rigorous training of both human and canine.
Our bed bug sniffing dogs are extremely accurate in the quest to find live bed bugs, dead bed bugs, their eggs and feces. Eradicating a NYC or NJ bed bug infestation can be a frustrating experience, but bed bug sniffing dogs make locating the little vampires swift and easy so NJ or NYC bed bugs can be destroyed. Contact Stern Environment Group for expert NYC and NJ bed bug sniffing dog and pest control services!