Many of you may have read or seen on TV stories about dogs that have been trained to sniff bed bugs. Now, Advanced K9 Detectives, a company that boasts a pack of bed bug sniffing dogs that can quickly, cheaply-and most importantly, effectively-sniff a room for bed bugs following an exterminator's visit.
It amazes me how dogs' powerful sense of smell-which can be as much as 2,000 times stronger than that of a human-can be capitalized on to detect so many different things. There are even dogs who can sniff out bootleg DVDs!
But I am not interested in hiring Advanced K9 or any other similar company; I want to know how a dog can be properly trained to detect bed bugs. I would love to buy a beagle or any other breed that could accurately pinpoint the secret locations of the bed bugs in my home, because although I haven't been bitten in a long time, I do occasionally come across a dead bed bug or two, which makes me believe they're still out there, like Al-Qaeda, silently waiting to execute their next great attack.
Would anyone know if this is possible for a civilian to own a detection dog? M loves dogs and I know a trained bed bug sniffing dog would be an incredible bonus to having a dog living with us.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs
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I would guess you could train them the same way that bloodhounds are trained to be able to track down a human by sniffing a piece of their clothing. It should be pretty easy to find those training methods on the internet. The problem is you would probably need a source of live bed bugs to use during the training.
Canine dogs must go through a minimum of 800 hours of training. The master trainer is Bill Whitstine at the Florida Academy Canine. Look him up on the Internet..There are a lot of fake companies out there. If they were not trained by Bill, they are not really authentic. Visit www.radicalsolutionsbedbugdetection.com for information on bedbug detection dogs. We are a legitimate company with certified canines Target and Energi. Bill also sells the dogs already trained and you have to go to Florida to be trained to be a dog handler..Cost??? $8.700 per dog. Call me if you need our services at 718-717-6652. Also check out the Florida Canine Academy website.
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