22/12/2022
How Do I Know When I Need A Bed Bug Detection Dog?
Unfortunately, more and more people are experiencing problems with bed bugs. Anytime we travel, rather it be on a trip out of state, or to a local restaurant we run the risk of bringing home bed bugs. We may not know it until several days or months later, when we receive bites on our bodies, or we see one or two making their way across the bed.
Questions we ask are: What kind of bugs are these?, how did they get here?, and where are they hiding?
A good exterminator will be able to tell you what kind of bugs you have. How did you get them in your house? Either you brought them home with you, or someone coming to your house brought them to your house. Most people will not tell you they have bed bugs out of embarrassment.
The third question, Where are they? Where can they be? This can be answered by you searching every inch of your residence, calling an exterminator to search your house, or you can call a certified bed bug detection dog to search your house for bed bugs.
For us we only know we have them when we see them. The dog uses its nose to smell them, unknowing what they look like. Every living organism gives off an odor and dogs can be trained to detect that odor.
K-9 Bed Bug Detection Service LLC uses German Hunting dogs called Jagd Terriers to detect bed bugs. As we know, the dog has a far greater sense of smell than we do, and they are much faster working, than we are. Jagd Terriers are small dogs usually around 13 to 15 pounds and can get into small areas.
Dogs are not perfect and can sometimes miss the odor of bed bugs, but so can exterminators, or us. We all make mistakes or can miss odor or bugs.
If looking at requesting a dog to search your residence, make sure you ask questions about the dog and handler qualifications. Most people don't know that there are dogs trained to detect bed bugs.
K-9 Bed Bug Detection Service LLC only detects bed bugs, we do not exterminate. We feel this is a conflict of interest to do both.
Hopefully, you will never experience bed bugs, however if you do, and would like to confirm that you indeed have bed bugs give us a call, and we can answer your questions and determine that a K-9 search is needed.
"En Perros Confidimos"
" In Dogs We Trust"
