Sunday, August 31, 2014

Why Premises Owners Are Using Bed Bug Detection Dog Boston Handlers

By Mattie MacDonald


As the problem of managing bedbugs is becoming a menace in many households and business premises, there is need to apply effective methods of inspection and control. Home and business premises owners are now using the services of bed bug detection dog Boston handlers to help determine whether their properties are infested with these insects. One thing about bugs is that they are not easy to detect when they enter premises.

Canines can also distinguish between an exoskeleton and an egg. This is a big advancement when inspecting premises. For canines to be effective, they need to be handled properly. The handlers should be trained on how to handle them. In addition, and handler should also have a thorough understating of the entomology of bugs and how to identify them.

Bugs will move when it is dark meaning that it could be difficult to see them. For those who use visual inspections, they have to spend a lot of time and money in inspecting premises that could only require a few minutes to be inspected by canines. Bugs prefer to hide in those areas that are not easy to access such as crevices, wall joints, furniture joints, in cushions, mattress seams, headboards, box-spring, carpet edges, and behind wall picture frames.

Usually, the first signs of an infestation by bugs are mainly the bite marks that will appear on faces, arms, necks, hands, and other body areas. If you are seeing marks of bites and they seem to be on a particular pattern, then they could be arising from bugs. These insects feed on a straight line and they could cause dotted parallel lines of marks on body.

If you are a frequent traveler, and you spend your nights in rooms, you could be susceptible to bug infestation. The eggs, live bugs, or nymphs can be carried in clothes to homes from hotels. Similarly, if you purchase old used equipments like furniture, you could transfer the eggs of these insects to your home.

Therefore, you can expect that the results you get from the canines are dependable. When you are seeking for handlers, ensure they have certified canines such as the K9 dogs. In addition, the technicians themselves should have a proper training and knowledge about bedbugs. The telltale signs of bug infestations also including rusty colored and blood spots from their fecal matter.

Canines have been trained to sniff around premises and detect bugs in a very short time. Canines use olfactory mechanism to sniff around and detect the scents of bugs. They can detect even a single bug that is present in one room something that would be impractical and very difficult for visual inspection.

In later stages of infestation, there are other signs, which can be noticed, and they include a sweet musty odor and remains of their body casts or exoskeletons after they molt. There is also presence of bugs in folds of mattresses and in sheets. When you are consulting canine handlers to inspect your premises, ensure they are qualified and the dogs have been trained properly.




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