Category: bed bug dog
By nobugsonme on Mar 3, 2008 in Advanced K9 Detectives, Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug dog, bed bugs, bedbugs, how to avoid bed bugs, k9, travel | 2 Comments
Carl Massicott and Vince Mangano, bed bug dog handlers of Radar and Taz, who are regularly called to sniff in the New York area, were featured in this Daily News article Monday.
According to the article, it’s hard to keep up with demand for the doggy detectives.
But here’s what caught my eye in the article:
Experts say […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 26, 2008 in bed bug dog, bed bugs, bedbugs, canine, detect bed bugs, k9 | 4 Comments
Click here for footage from WBTV News 3 shows Mr. K working with bed bug dog handler Mike Rogers, in North Carolina.
And can anyone tell us which outfit trained Mr. K?
The news story is imperfect otherwise, but wanted to share this because people are always looking for ways of detecting bed bugs.
(Thanks, insomnia, for the […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 6, 2008 in 2010 Winter Olympics, Bloor Street, Paula Fletcher, The Star, Toronto City Council, bed bug dog, bed bug protocol, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs and public health, bedbugs, boston, canada, cincinnati, downtown eastside, get rid of bed bugs, getting rid of bed bugs, health, health department, laundry, london, new york city, notifying tenants, nyc, ontario, politicians, purity pest control, san francisco, south of bloor, toronto, vancouver | 0 Comments
Jennifer Brown of The Star reports that Toronto politician Paula Fletcher is agitated about bed bugs–and trying to do something about them.
She wants the health department to investigate whether they’re a health hazard:
Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth) has received so many calls from constituents she’s asked the health department to declare them a […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 9, 2007 in Bed and Breakfast Lunch and Dinner, australia, avoiding bed bugs, awareness, bad ideas, bed bug blame game, bed bug dog, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs | 3 Comments
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Finally, someone in the business arena sees the light about bed bugs and the bottom line: and it’s not the flashing dollar signs of the over-the-counter bed bug spray industry, either. Kerry Miller published an article entitled “The Cost of Bed […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 5, 2007 in John Morley, Joni, Pro-tek, australia, bed bug dog, bed bug epidemic, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, big business, consumer, detection, diagnosis, dry steam, get rid of bed bugs, hotels, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, mattresses, motels, natural remedies, new zealand, news, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, spread, steam, technological advances, tools and weapons, travel, treatment, treatment in hotels | 2 Comments
In an article today entitled “Hard-worker sniffs out bedbugs,” from the Taranaki Daily News (New Zealand), Sharon Marris writes about bed bug dog Joni who works with Pro-Tek Systems owner John Morley in New Zealand.
We’re familiar with bed bug dogs, here at Bedbugger, but it is interesting to read of the situation in NZ.
“She’s not […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 27, 2007 in bed bug dog, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, big business, certified bed bug free, hotels, new york, nyc, travel, usa | 3 Comments
We knew this was coming, but this is the first actual report I’ve heard of a hotel displaying a sign saying they were bed bug-free. The Blue Moon Hotel in the Lower East Side of New York City is a boutique hotel where, Tripadvisor tells us, the average room costs $637 a night. […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 14, 2007 in bed bug dog, bed bugs, bedbugs, k9 | 36 Comments
This article by Leslie Earnest in the LA Times business section yesterday appears to be a companion to the bed bug article referred to in my last post.
It describes how the National Entomologiy Scent Detection Canine Association in North Carolina has begun certifying bed bug dogs that can detect live bed bugs or viable eggs. […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 23, 2007 in bed bug dog, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, connecticut, furniture, government, laundry, low-income housing, multi-unit buildings, new haven, news, prevention, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public housing, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 0 Comments
More on the New Haven case described here on Friday.
A more recent article from News 8 in New Haven suggests that the
The infestation started in one unit and moved to 14 other apartments. The city paid for hotel rooms so the professionals could come in and steam clean room by room, bed by […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 17, 2007 in bed bug dog, bed bug dogsbed bugs, bed bugs, bedbugs, k9, research, tools and weapons | 2 Comments
Pest Control Technology Online reported last week that
FAIRFAX, VA. The National Pest Management Association’s Pest Management Foundation recently awarded grants to the University of Florida’s Dr. Faith Oi to determine the effectiveness of canines as bed bug detectors and Clemson University’s Dr. Patricia Zungoli to study the giant needle ant, an invasive species that […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 20, 2007 in bed bug dog, bed bugs, bedbugs, cooper, new jersey, signs and symptoms, videos of bed bugs | 0 Comments
Click to see beagle Brody, of Cooper Pest Solutions in New Jersey, and trainer Jeff White, at work.
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