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dog will smell through encasement, right?
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bbh
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Wed Jul 7 2010 13:59:50
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If so, will they not keep saying I have bugs even if problem ever gets localized just to box spring and mattress? My mgt co uses a PCO w/a dog (NO visual inspection), which I'm stuck with for at least the next treatment. Mattress and box spring both now encased, as we definitely have bugs. But I'm nearly positive that was not the only place they were living. Let's say, by some miracle, that the rest of the problem was solved. Dog still going to react to what's within encasement, won't it? How does one get around this problem? Thx.
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Just use the easy button
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Wed Jul 7 2010 14:48:04
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If you still have LIVE bed bugs or VIABLE eggs within your encasement, and the scent is finding a way out which im sure it will then yes the dog should alert. Now my advice would be to move your matteress and box spring into a completly different room, and have the k9 search it alone rather than have it searxch it in your room
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Wed Jul 7 2010 14:54:29
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The K-9 I had in alerts to scents both alive and dead. The dog alerted to my bed and a visual inspection confirmed old traces of feces. I think if I continue to have a K-9 in every few months, there will always be an alert when it comes to the bed, because of the scent that is there. My mattress is encased as well. I think that Just Use The Easy Button has a really good point. Move your mattress into another room next time. Also remember that just as we are, dogs are not always %100 right. If I were you, I would try to find a team that does visual confirmation because any alert should be followed with one.
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Wed Jul 7 2010 15:04:55
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Jenn,
I don't understand why a firm will use a dog that is trained to alert on fecal matter as well as dead bed bugs. That just doesn't make sense, of course after a treatment you will have dead bugs and hopefully thats all that you have. Having a dog alert on dead bugs confuses the customer as if you have an active infestation.
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bbh
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Wed Jul 7 2010 15:06:10
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Just wanted to confirm that there is essentially no point in having dog, as s/he will also smell what's in the encasements. Not least because everything in the room is within the 3-foot radius of the bed/dog's detection range. Small room, fully furnished. No chance that PCO or super or anyone else will assist in carrying very heavy (latex) mattress and boxspring out. Same problem in living room with daybed, which is where I sleep. Tricky. Clearly, visual inspection is only way. Not with this PCO, however. Or, it would appear, with my management company....
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Jenn28
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Wed Jul 7 2010 15:15:21
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I know, it's strange right? I wasn't fond of that becuase I thought the same thing. How do I know they are really gone if the dog is alerting to everything it smells, old or new? As it turns out, the first and second treatment were a success, just like the K-9 inspection (which I had done first) so I was happy in the end that my efforts before treating helped a great deal. Today is day 52 with no sightings or bites
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