Bed Bug Dogs

Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs

Have you heard about Certified K9 bed bug detection dogs? How is it possible that a dog is able to smell one or two bed bugs that may be hidden within a bed frame, box spring, mattress or other furniture? Well the answer can be found by understanding the facts. Dogs have a highly refined sense of smell. They are able to smell 500 times that of the human nose. Certain breeds of dogs are born to sniff and search more than others. Whenever you hear the word Bloodhound you instantly in vision a dog with its nose to the ground in search of a certain smell or prey.

K9 Bed Bug Detection

There are several companies in the United States that specialize in finding the right type of bed bug sniffing dog and then working intensively with the dog to train it for the job of bed bug detection k9.

Bed Bug Detection Dog

The most established companies will often train dogs for different areas of work. Some examples are bomb detection, drug detection, missing person or cadaver detection, mold detection, bed bug detection, detecting low blood sugar in diabetics, and even cancer and seizure detecting dogs. Once these companies have established the dog’s ability to perform well - they will often sell the dog(s) to a secondary company which may primarily deal with one type of detection; say a Police training K9 academy or a Bed Bug K9 training facility. Once the dog has been refined at this facility they are then sold to individuals. These individuals must then attend training in order to properly handle the dog and to continue training within their organization. These handlers must work the bed bug detection dogs each and every day to keep the dog at the top of his or her game. They must be able to read their dog’s body language and to recognize false alerts as these can occur at times. Certified bed bug detection dogs are not 100%, but they can be highly effective and around 93-98 % accurate when trained properly.