bedbug sniffing dog
This gal came to my house with her beagle, Lady (I think that was the dogs name). The dog is trained down in florida by a guy so that she learns to find the bedbugs by the unique odor they emit. Unfortunately for me, Lady alerted to the smell in my bed.
It cost $175 but the peace of mind knowing they weren’t in the garage, the living room, etc, was worth it. Now I am concentrating my eradication efforts in my room. Step one was throwing out the bed and frame.
Since they take ten to 16 days to hatch, it’s about time for another major cleaning/spraying, to kill off the next batch. Those I miss will lay more eggs, and the cycle will go on until I kill every last one or I go insane.
you know, i thought my bad had bedbugs once. but it turned out I had just finally contracted chicken pox at age 27. just something to think about. there were no bugs.
Comment by cora — August 13, 2007 @ 7:59 am
Did you call a dog in to find out where the chicken pox started? Isn’t that dangerous for older people (relatively speaking of course, you aren’t old, still a spry gal in her prime) to get them? Have you been irreparably damaged?
I had chicken pox when I was ten or so, I got sick the second day of Camp Gundalow (nature summer camp in Greenland) so it’s not that. Plus, I found bed bugs in my bed. So I’m pretty sure I have them.
Comment by Rolston — August 13, 2007 @ 8:36 am
my god. that is awful…but hey look on the bright side maybe it’s shingles?
oh wait you found the bugs. i hate reading.
Comment by meighan — August 14, 2007 @ 8:49 pm
There was a bedbug invasion in NYC a while back. They NY Times ran this Op-Ed piece:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/opinion/nyregionopinions/04CIfriedman.html?ex=1187409600&en=6db6bfde307a2726&ei=5070
Comment by K — August 16, 2007 @ 8:07 am
how do you know this dog is not a carrier? then how do they git the bloodsuckers off of the little bitch?
Comment by almost 5yrs — August 20, 2007 @ 8:47 am
the first thing the dog did when she got in my room was stick her head in my trash can. She was pulled out of that, and the second thing she did was scratch her belly with her back foot while standing.
“Does she have fleas?” I asked the handler, a bit concerned.
“No, she has allergies.”
Right. I had to go in another room because it felt like I was about to get ripped off, and I couldn’t bear to watch it happen.
Comment by Rolston — August 20, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
Yo Jon-
I got those damn bugs too! Trust the dog. This morning, one of ‘em gave me the bad news that I had suspected- just by sniffing and sitting down next to my futon. sigh. How is yr eradication process going? Let me know what you are trying and if it seems to be working for you. These things are crawling all over NYC and driving people crazy!
Comment by eric waters — August 31, 2007 @ 6:36 pm