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TORONTO - Purity Pest Control Ltd announced that “Inspector Kody,” the company’s trained termite detection dog, now provides customers a new service offering – bed bug detection.
Kody, who also is a trained termite detection dog, is one of only two Bed Bug detecting dogs in the world, according to Michael Goldman, president of Purity Pest Control Ltd. and Common Scents Solutions. Kody demonstrates the latest technique and international trend for finding Bed Bugs in institutions and homes.
“A trained pest management professional can only detect visible signs of Bed Bugs in a room but to check if there is activity behind walls, baseboards or under carpets, the room would have to be stripped down and baseboards pulled away from the walls. Due to a dog’s keen sense of smell, Inspector Kody can detect Bed Bugs behind walls thus making his inspection a more thorough and much more accurate one,” Goldman said.
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How Does “Inspector Kody” Do His Work? |
| A dog must be correctly trained, led and interpreted. Once the dog has familiarized itself with the structure, the professionally trained handler guides the dog with special instructions on where to search. The handler observes and interprets his dogs behavior. Once the target insect is located, the dog performs what’s called a “passive alert”, where he will sit and point to the infested area. |
Goldman added, “More accurate detection means that if there is Bed Bug activity, Kody will alert us to it and control measures can begin. In the case of Hotels, if a lawsuit is initiated by someone allegedly bitten in one of their rooms, The hotel management can say that they have gone the extra mile by bringing in a K-9 unit and have done their due diligence to ensure their guests are in a pest free environment. The last thing hotels need is bad publicity”
In Canada, dogs have been successfully used by the military and law enforcement agencies to locate firearms, ammunition, explosives, narcotics, missing persons and used in suspected arson cases. The same training used for these purposes is now being used to train dogs to search for bed bugs and termites.
Kody can smell through walls, floors and even underground - long before humans can see any visible signs. Kody can crawl into tight spaces that human inspectors cannot. Early detection can save not only human discomfort from bites but can also avert a potential lawsuit by detecting and treating hot spots before the damage is done.
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