How long do handlers spend looking for evidence of bedbugs after a dog has alerted to them?
When a dog makes a positive alert during an inspection, we will have the dog re-inspect the area to make sure that he alerts to the same place both times. It is not necessary to have the dog check the area over and over again, as repeated reinspections of the same area could cause the dogs to become bored or distracted. All of our dog handlers make a strong effort to verify or find physical evidence when a canine has a positive alert. The human inspectors seek out live or dead insects, cast skins, eggs, or fecal spotting in the area around where a dog alerts. There is no minimum or maximum amount of time one should spend searching for bed bugs in an apartment. Dr. Austin Frishman, a nationally renowned entomologist, advises that an inspector spend only 5-10 minutes looking for evidence of bed bugs, after that a person could spend hours looking with a flashlight and magnifying glass and not find them. It is possible that in low level infestations a human inspector won’t find anything be
