They are cute and cuddly and wag their tale like every other dog you will ever encounter, but make no mistake, if you ever see a bed bug sniffing dog in action you’ll know how incredible they really are! Trained to root out bed bugs and their eggs, bed bug sniffing dogs are a formidable opponent for the blood thirsty pest that is torturing many home and business owners across the United States.
Bed bug sniffing dogs undergo months of training prior to an additional two week training course with their handlers. Trained dogs are able to detect a single bed bug or egg within a home with a 96 percent accuracy rate. Additionally, bed bug sniffer dogs can inspect a room in minutes whereas humans take hours to visually inspect a room.
Working dogs are not uncommon resources for humans to use. Scent detection dogs have been trained to locate drugs, firearms, cadavers, bombs, fugitives, mold, cancer, termites, currency, and cell phones that have been smuggled into prisons. There are even sniffer dogs that will detect bumblebee nests and Quagga Mussels in California that destroy boats.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) has been battling a large infestation of bed bugs since the students returned back from winter break according to reports by the NECN.com on February 1, 2012. The tenacious bugs have continued to plague the students making a successful treatment of the facilities impossible. The university brought in a sniffer dog to find the exact locations of the bugs. The university has decided to bring in 2 other bed bug sniffing dogs from Minneapolis because there is only one sniffer dog that is certified in the state of Nebraska. Additional dogs will help ensure that the entire campus is bed bug free in a faster amount of time. You may read the article here.
Hiring a bed bug sniffing dog to search for bed bugs in your home or business will help pin-point the exact location of the troublesome infestation so that pest control professionals will be able to provide services to eradicate the bloodsuckers quickly. For bed bug removal services in New York or New Jersey, contact Stern Environmental Group.