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4. Canine Scent Detection
• Well-known canine careers
▫ Narcotics Detection
▫ Bomb Detection
▫ Tracking Lost Persons
• Training methodology applied to new fields
▫ Insect (Bed Bug) Scent Detection
▫ Mold Detection
▫ Tumor Detection
▫ Conservation- Sea Turtles, Ivory Trade
▫ Agriculture- Fruit Trees, Golf Courses
• Utilizing dogs in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) makes a difference!
▫ NYC went from #1 to #9 on Orkin’s list of Most Infested Cities in 2012
5. Who Uses Our Services?
• Commercial Clients
▫ Landlords
▫ Hotels
▫ Call Centers / Offices
▫ Healthcare Facilities
• Residential Clients
▫ After travel / houseguests
▫ When bites appear
▫ Frequent use of public
transportation
7. It's All About The Nose!
• The Nose
▫ Beagle: 225 million scent receptors
▫ Human: 5 million scent receptors
• The Brain
▫ A dog’s brain devoted to analyzing
smells is 40% LARGER than a human's
▫ Dog: 8"x11" Paper
▫ Human: Postage Stamp
9. Training
• Dogs Are Highly Trained & Well
Maintained
• Team (Handler + Dog)
• Use live bed bugs in training daily
• Keeps daily logs: training &
deployment
• Communicates with trainer
• Attends Advanced Training Seminars
10. Evaluations
• Annually evaluated by NESDCA
• Team (handler + dog)
• Third Party Evaluators
• NESDCA’s certification is an
evaluation method modeled
after law enforcement
• Evaluation should include live
bed bugs & dead bed bugs
12. Accuracy of Inspection Depends On:
• How the team trains
• Blind hides vs. Known hides
• Air Flow
• HVAC, Fans, Computers, Exhaust Fans
• Protocols in place to protect the integrity of the search
• Pesticides (30 days after application) & Cleaning Products
• Heavy Infestations
• Overwhelming odor = canine may not alert. Not trained to detect high amounts
(high threshold vs. low threshold). Humans should notice bugs at this point. Staff
must be trained!
• Odor must be present for the canine to alert. The team counts on the odor
dropping, not rising.
• Where was the canine trained?
• Does the trainer have scientifically proven training techniques to back up claims
of accuracy?
• 98% rate is based on Univ. of FL study using canines from J & K canine
Academy in High Springs, FL trained by Pepe Peruyero & Bun Montgomery &
published in Entomological Society of America 2008
14. Expectations
• Be realistic
• Teams are not 100% accurate- nothing is! But K-9’s are the most
useful, scientifically proven tool we have to this date.
• Communication is critical for success
• Documentation of areas inspected & not inspected should be
included in the inspection report
• Teams train with low quantities of bed bugs (1-15)
• Goal is to identify low infestations- Low Threshold # of bed bugs
• Canine is alerting on the odor presence of live bed bugs &/or
viable eggs
• Keep in mind - air flow can move the odor
• Target scent/odor must be present for the K-9 to alert
• Checklist/Protocol adherence is vital for success