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Mofear

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Sat Sep 11 2010 14:53:16
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We scheduled a dog for next week. We still have no evidence of bedbugs, other than bites, and PCO won't treat until we have physical evidence. My family is fearful of bringing in a dog because the dog will be going through other houses, and they fear that it might bring some in. I am getting to the point, though, where I HAVE to find something, because the bites are increasing, and today, I saw 3 in a row that were from yesterday. We HAVE to find some evidence, because I am getting ill (literally), fearing that we are spreading them. I have lost over 20 pounds.
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Sat Sep 11 2010 14:59:51
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Sat Sep 11 2010 15:00:30
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Don't you just hate this? Things you would never have been concerned about before and eating your brain alive? Its like living in an alternate reality. :/

I understand the anxiety. I am sure they have protocol for checking the dogs and making sure they are free of bed bugs. Maybe you should ask what their decontamination procedure for the dog is to ease your mind.
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Sat Sep 11 2010 15:02:45
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I'm trying to figure things out, but I can only see the first 3 lines of everyones' posts. How do I expand them?
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Sat Sep 11 2010 16:25:12
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Yes, definitely, an alternate reality is a good way to put it.

Thanks, I will check with them about the decontamination procedure. Good idea.

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OhDearMe - 1 hour ago »
Don't you just hate this? Things you would never have been concerned about before and eating your brain alive? Its like living in an alternate reality. :/
I understand the anxiety. I am sure they have protocol for checking the dogs and making sure they are free of bed bugs. Maybe you should ask what their decontamination procedure for the dog is to ease your mind.
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Sat Sep 11 2010 16:30:50
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Sat Sep 11 2010 18:14:19
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I would be surprised if a working dog would be getting these. Bed bugs (unlike lice or fleas) do not like to use moving mammals for harborages. The dog, as I understand it, comes into the apartment and spends the bulk of its time there in constant motion. The bugs would be staying in hiding between meals (which is why you need the dog in the first place).

There would be an exception in the case of a very extreme infestation where the bugs are actually wandering about the place looking for food or for harborages that aren't crowded. But those type of infestations don't need dogs and they're rarely used for that. Though there have been a couple of funny stories here of dog teams that were sent out only to find the "walls were moving". In those cases, however, the poor dog simply gets all confused and overwhelmed and is taken out of the situation quickly.

What you have to keep in mind is that the vast majority of dog calls are for infestations that are barely detectable to confirm presence. Those bugs are hunkering down.

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Sun Sep 12 2010 12:47:42
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We are having a canine inspection in my apartment building in a few days. I am bed bug free and there are 70 apartments in this complex. I put in a request with the property management office to be the first inspection of the day. A neighbor of mine pointed out that if the dog or handler did pick up a bug, the dog would detect it and alert the handler. ?? Perhaps you could set up an appt to be the first house inspected for piece of mind.
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Tue Sep 14 2010 13:08:47
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Thanks for all of your replies--much appreciated. We did have the dog come today (we were first house of day, and I double checked with handler to make sure dog was bug free!) Oddly enough, our house was clear, but one of our cars had a hit (??) That makes me incredibly nervous, although several years ago the car was a rental car, so the PCO said it may have had bb's at one time. Still.... Also, I STILL have no idea what is biting us. (I guess I should be breathing a little easier, but I'm not really.)
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Tue Sep 14 2010 15:38:43
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Eve - 2 days ago »
I would be surprised if a working dog would be getting these. Bed bugs (unlike lice or fleas) do not like to use moving mammals for harborages. The dog, as I understand it, comes into the apartment and spends the bulk of its time there in constant motion. The bugs would be staying in hiding between meals (which is why you need the dog in the first place).
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I would tend to agree.
But, if that was the case then wouldnt spreading bed bugs be a lot harder?
But replace the word "dogs" with "our clothes"

If we go to a house/movies/library/etc with bed bugs and sit down then get up and walk around after, wouldnt the constant motion cause the bugs to try and get away from us?
Plus they would/should be in hiding after the bites, so I would think they would go back to their hiding spots and not hang out on us.
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Tue Sep 14 2010 15:42:49
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Actually, they are not that easy to catch even on our clothes. If they were, everyone (especially in hot spot cities) would have them. The percentage in New York (something like 7% distributed across all socio-economic strata) is high enough to guarantee that you come in contact with a person dealing with an infestation at least several times a day unless you stay strictly at home (and don't encounter anyone checking their mail).

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Wed Sep 15 2010 9:32:11
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Eve - 17 hours ago »
Actually, they are not that easy to catch even on our clothes. If they were, everyone (especially in hot spot cities) would have them. The percentage in New York (something like 7% distributed across all socio-economic strata) is high enough to guarantee that you come in contact with a person dealing with an infestation at least several times a day unless you stay strictly at home (and don't encounter anyone checking their mail).
Eve

Then how the heck are they spreading so much?
If not by clothes, then via bags?

But similiar thing, wouldnt the bed bugs rather go back into their hiding spots/home than hang out on a purse/suitcase which isnt their "home"/hiding area?