How Do Canines Detection Skills Compare With Other Methods ?
No bed bug detection system is 100% accurate for finding low-level infestations. Specially trained dogs are the best tool that the pest control industry has to detect bed bugs. Dogs are proven to be 95-98% accurate in university studies, which is far higher than all of the other technologies and detection methods on the market. To a dog, scent is like a 3-dimensional odor image. With a sense of smell 1000% better than humans, university studies (Download the study HERE) show that canines are 98% effective at detecting bed bugs, compared with humans who are successful 30-40% of the time. Because of the Bed Bugs’ power of concealment, small size, and narrow width, Bed Bugs hide in small cracks and crevices where they are hard to see. A trained person is at best 40% effective at finding bed bugs with the naked eye when there are low-level infestations. An experienced inspector can search a room for hours with a flashlight and magnifying glass for Bed Bugs that are at most the size of an a
