Bed Bug Dog: A New Application of a Proven Technology

[bedbugsa]

Pertamax

[tickyul]

Pyrethrins work great, your just have to know how to apply them safely. In the USA you can buy a pump sprayer for 8 bucks and 4% pyrethrins for another 20 dollars. Apply in well ventilated areas with a n95 mask on, in the mornings and leave for the day. Apply the pyrethrins to perimeters, known trouble spots, common hiding areas. Pyrethrins have a very good safety track record and kill BB's effectively, you just need to use common sense. Apply once a week in the morning, they will die.

[mikeylorene]

And when the eggs hatch out where u didn't spray (after all that time and money) they will come back. Alcohol will do the same thing- kill the eggs and bugs for a lot less money- but you never know where all those eggs are, so must wash and freeze and bake everything in your house. Or, spend hundreds of dollars for a professional- and even then they can come back if one little egg is missed.

[tickyul]

I think that alcohol evaporates, does not have much of a residual effect. When you spray, you must have the goal of eliminating the complete life cycle. That means you have to keep spraying for an extended period to get the eggs that have hatched. It is a process to get rid of bedbugs, not a quick fix type thing, lots of work involved. The most important thing to do FIRST is secure the sleeping area, so you can sleep without getting bit, people get soo stressed with having bedbugs, cannot sleep.

[Krewcible]

use plastic pop bottles, cut in half, lower portion, and put legs of bed in them. they can't climb smooth plastic.

[mikeylorene]

Did that, but bedbugs jump from the walls, furniture and drapes to where ever they want.

[tickyul]

You have to have a buffer area between your bed and the walls, furniture, drapes, etc. Cheers!

[tickyul]

Right on! I read about this technique on the internet. I did not believe it would work. When I tried it, the next morning I found about 10 dead BB's in the cans I had put under my bed legs ( I put oil into the cans). Cheers!

[avictoriaj]

haha weird! we have a bed bug dog named abby too!!

[shocktehhedgehog]

its a good thing ive never been bitten

[rotoexperts]

we did a search for Bed Bug Powder

stuff was only 20 bucks it was in a white bottle with a orange and green and label

it KICKED THE BED BUGS ASSES!!!!

[tickyul]

If it was De or boric acid, be careful, it is an inhalation hazard.

[mikeylorene]

I got rid of my bedbugs! And I did it without professional exterminators- it took four months of vigilance- was not easy emotionally, but I outsmarted the horrible creatures. Use plastic bags, your freezer, the oven and rubbing ALCOHOL in a spray bottle. Buy dust mite covers for your bed, bed platform and pillows and put them on immediately before you start. Wash EVERYTHING material in your entire house and dry in HOTTEST dryer- bag tightly until house is done. Spray EVERYTHING with alcohol.

[mikeylorene]

Put small items in ziplock plastic bag and put in freezer for 6 hrs. Bake anything that can take heat in oven at 125 for 2 hrs. Freezing or heat kills them. Place all in tightly closed plastic bags until all in your house is DONE. Spray bottom of all furniture and in every crevice with alcohol. Stop sleeping in your bed. They will follow you where ever you decide to sleep. Pick a place to sleep with a small footing- I chose a platform chair and slept sitting up every night.

[mikeylorene]

Wait until you are bitten again (that tells you they found you and are gathering under your sleep place. The next morning, flip the chair over and immediately spay the nest with alcohol. There is no easy way to clean up the soggy mess that's left. They smell so bad it can make you retch and vomit. Live bedbugs smell like Corriander, but dead ones smell like rotten used tampax. Pick up mess with paper towels and seal it plastic bags. Try not to squash them as that brings the disgusting smell.

[mikeylorene]

Go back to sleeping in your bed but keep big spray bottle of alcohol near you at all times. sleep with bright lights on. If a stray one finds you be ready to jump up and spray or put it in a jar alive. If no bites after 10 days, wait 2 months (that's how long eggs take to hatch out to biting stage). if no bites after 2 months, take everything out of bags and regain your house. It's not easy, but if methodically outsmart them you CAN get rid of them.

[tickyul]

Sorry Mike, that has to be the lamest Fred Flinstone way of dealing with bedbugs. How do you get to work, ride a dinosaur?

[mikeylorene]

So how did you get rid of YOUR bedbugs without spending hundreds of dollars?

[mikeylorene]

So, did I read this right... you are making fun of something that worked?

[tickyul]

mikeylorene:

Yes, just like I would make fun of someone who installs a hand crank starter on a modern automobile. There are many reputable pest control websites, you might want to visit one. cheers!

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[emilyrl]

Bed bugs are creepy, thank GOD I dont have them. I am moving to a new apt soon and I plan on bombing then laying powder around thwe new place. These dector dogs are a truly great idea... Man, I feel itchy now!

[yuripaisita20]

Are there any of these in the new y ork area, im having my doubts on whether i have bed bugs. I allways wake up with all these bites on my legs but i have not seen the first bug, so im assuming that we have very little and this is the early stage. I checked my matresses but seeno sign whatsoever please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MoldDogENV]

You are correct, there are several trainers that have followed Bill Whitstine's lead in scent training K9s for bed bug detection.

This news report was produced about a year ago.

MoldDog Environmental is Doug Summers, the handler that is shown on the video clip.

There are at least 25 dogs in the US at this point. I was misquoted about being the only K9 in Florida during the news clip a year ago.

Doug Summers MS

K9 Handler

[malcolmvanatta]

We need something like this in NJ. I am going through a living nightmare at my new home. The previous owners had bedbugs and did not tell us. When i buy a house in the future i would love to have a dog like this do an inspection of the house.

[tickyul]

@malcolmvanatta: Just curious, did you finally get rid of you bedbugs, and if you did what did you use and how much did it cost? Cheers!

[gotthumb]

When was this aired? He is not the only one training and selling bed bugs in Florida. Channel 9 get your fact straight. What kind of research does he have to back up his dogs and training. More info to come. Bill knows that there are other dogs being trained and sold in florida as well as dog being trained out of florida. He likes to think that he is it. Not true Bill. LOL

[codylikeswar]

cool

[MoldDogENV]

If your population of bed bugs builds to the point that you can detect them with a human nose, then you are correct. The K9 is best used to detect infestations at the early stage before they are obvious or you start receiving bites.

[corvinusrex]

If you've ever been infested with bed bugs, you don't need a dog to tell you that you have them. The smell is discernable by the human nose. Just check the seams and ticking of your mattresses.

[mikeylorene]

Just what do they smell like? I've checked the entire mattress/bed and found nothing. I want the dog to SHOW me where they ARE so I can kill them before they multiply (I hear alcohol kills them). I already know I HAVE them because the bites are painful

[MoldDogENV]

Abbey is a Beagle with specialized training. Abbey is one of 15 K9s that are trained to detect bed bugs by scent.

[mylibero]

looks like just a regular dog