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New Bed Bug dog in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Birch Fumigators, Alberta's oldest pest control company has added Zena a Black Lab/German Sheppard mix to assit with battling Edmonton's growing bed bug population. Zena and her handler Susanne Baxter have inspected over 600+ units in just 6 weeks. Zena was trained at Florida K9 Academny. Zena has inspected several 100+ multi-family unit complexs as well as hotels, motels, homes, vehicles, offices and government buildings. Birch Fumigators has 2 certified handlers on staff.
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Orkin also has a dog in Edmonton since early 2008 and I understand they have a certified dog trainer as their handler. The biggest thing with all these bed bug dogs is whether or not they have certified handlers or just people who went through a couple of weeks training. I would think that it is very specialized and the more experience the better. Nice to see a little more to help with the detection of bed bugs even though nothing is 100% according to the information I have seen on this website and the internet.
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K9 handlers that are trained by experienced trainers will have a certification from the trainer or from an organization that is set up by the trainer.
Experience, knowledge & proper handling practices are the keys to a successful K9 team...
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