The Nose Knows: Using Dogs To Sniff Out Bed Bug Invaders

By Author: Micah massi
Total Articles: 18
Comment this article

If you are getting ready to move into a new home in Toronto, experts recommend that you first check for bed bugs, especially if you are moving into an apartment or other dwelling with a high resident turnover. Highly trafficked dwellings are more likely to be infested by the critters, since they can get carried in on bedding, furniture, and luggage. It is important to know that a bed bug infestation does not mean the building is unsanitary. The insects are just looking for food and suitable material (i.e. fabric, paper, or wood) in which to live; they can settle in the most pristine homes and apartments. However, it is recommended that you check for an infestation so that you can have bed bugs exterminated before settling into your new Toronto home.

A popular myth is that bed bugs are invisible to the naked eye, but this is simply not true, since adult insects are about the size of an apple seed. They do, however, live in hard-to-find places such as folds in fabrics, seams in furniture, and behind peeling paint or wallpaper. These hidden dwellings have meant that bed bug inspections can take hours – until now.

A ...
... new method of bed bug inspection has been introduced in Toronto: Bed bug sniffing dogs can detect the presence of a single bug or egg in minutes with 96% accuracy. For centuries, man has known about the extreme sensitivity and power of a dog’s nose. Dogs have been part of hunting parties, police forces, and tracking teams for hundreds of years. For a dog, a smell is like a three-dimensional image, and he can tell more from one particle of scent than a person can from a photo. In fact, from just one drop of urine, a dog can tell what animal produced it, as well as its gender, diet, emotional state, whether it is submissive or dominant, and whether it is friendly or not. Today, Canadian exterminators are taking advantage of these amazing olfactory powers and using Toronto bed bug sniffing dogs to more quickly and effectively locate pesky insects.

Early detection of bed bugs is immensely helpful in eliminating them from your home. After all, the longer they live in your home, the more eggs they are able to produce. These eggs hatch, and the new bed bugs are then able to produce. It is a vicious cycle that can quickly spin out of control. A larger infestation means the possibility of more bites, as well as a much more extensive and costly extermination procedure. Using Toronto bed bug sniffing dogs can quickly and effectively determine if you have an infestation and where the creatures are living. Using this new technique allows you to stop the invasion and eliminate the insect intruders from your home.

GreenLeaf Pest Control is dedicated to using eco-friendly pest control techniques, including the use of Toronto bed bug sniffing dogs, by focusing on changing and educating the way people perceive pest control today. Our mission is to provide an effective, proactive program that is preventive in approach and uses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and our very own Environmental Pest Management (EPM) solutions. To learn more about GreenLeaf Pest Control, call 416.998.9473, email info@greenleafpestcontrol.com, or visit http://greenleafpestcontrol.com/home/