Thursday, June 26, 2014

Why Residential Homeowners Should Consider Consulting Bed Bug Dog Handlers

By Ina Hunt


Bedbugs basically feed on blood. Therefore, as long as the residential home has individuals and animals where the parasites can source blood from, they may invade heavily irrespective of whether the environment is clean or not. Having them in your house is a big trouble. It requires the help of bed bug dog handlers to spot the parasites before seeking bedbug exterminators.

Bloodstains in sheets and couches may be spotted in households infested with the pests. People who purchase used furniture from stores should ensure that they examine the items closely in order to ensure they do not transfer the parasites to their homes. They may be residing in the cabinets or sofas. Though small, bedbugs are potentially daunting to human existence.

It is only after some time that one may notice an itchy spot emanating from the bites. What follows next is traumatizing. One may sight blood stains in sheets and pillowcases. Unless bugs are ousted immediately, homeowners may suffer psychologically and physically by having them around premises. These bugs are both harmful to the skin and awful at sight.

But, despite the infestations, bugs can still be exterminated from homes. Not any other canine is fit to be a bedbug sniffing dog. Dogs used in inspections have to be a trained and well fed. This will help them be able to locate exactly the area from, which the disturbing odor of bugs is emanating. The canines can stiff around large premises within a short time and be able to detect all the areas that are infested.

If one cannot precisely trace the origin of the odors, trained sniffer dogs may be used. Past studies indicate that canines are perfect scent detectors. They can be able to sniff over several miles with high accuracy. Dogs are able to sniff the presence of the bug eggs as well as their exact location.

Consulting a company that offers pest removal services is important but a proper inspection has to be conducted before exterminating them. All that a trained canine requires is food and proper training as well as professional handling. Cabinets, closets, windows, sheets, carpet and mattresses are potential bug hiding zones. With a trained canine, the entire hide out areas can be screened effectively.

From afar, canines are able spot the eggs as well as the live parasites right from their hiding places. One thing to remember is that sniffer dogs are trained to differentiate between smells. Certain police units, government departments, private homeowners as well as companies train the dogs to do this. Notably enough, it is good to enroll a pest detection company, which has trained canines for effective identification of bugs.

If a canine spots the existence of bugs in an area, extermination process should commence immediately. Failure to sight the bugs by the dog means that the area under investigation is not infected though this may not be ruled out as errors can occur if the dogs are not trained or handled properly thus giving false alerts. The bedbug detection dogs should be handled by a trained handler.




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