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Bed Bug dog

Topic: Health EducationPublished January 11, 2011

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A bed bug dog is trained to detect the location of bed bugs in infested places. Basically, a bed bug dog is a detector or sniffer that uses its senses (usually nose) to locate the object for which it has been given training. These adorable but accurate doggies know their work well.
A bed bugs dog has proved to be a great help to keep the tricky pests at bay. These bed bug detector dogs have an accuracy level of 90-95%; moreover, they just need a few minutes before they bark to a conclusion! It won’t be wrong if I say that bed bugs dogs are back in business.
The case of a bed bug cat is somewhat different. The silica gel found in cat litter can be used to eliminate bed bugs. It needs to be powdered and then sprinkled in bed bug affected areas, which will stick to the bed bugs and eventually dehydrate them.
Moving on to some miniature calamities that affect these cute pups, it is a must that you go through the following details affecting your dog.

Fleas top our list of pet terrorisers. The dog flea or Ctenocephalides canis primarily survives on the blood of your favourite pet i.e. dogs. When bitten by flea dog may develop intense itching, inflammation and infections. In many cases, fleas are said to be the carrier of diseases like Anaemia, cucumber tapeworm etc. Chiggers are Arachnids. They show a parasitic behaviour when in their larval stage; when fully grown harvest mites, they survive on plants. Chiggers attach themselves to the body of the host and feeds on skin fluids. When attacked by a chigger dog may experience severe itching, while the chigger mite feeds on skin cells for days together. Ticks are found in areas where there are tall grasses and shrubs etc. That is how they come across your puppies, which play around in the woods. If bitten by a tick dog falls prey to many tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and neurological disease in dogs called Tick paralysis. Dog mites can hide and survive anywhere in the fur of a dog. When bit by mites dog tends to develop sores, itchiness and skin infections. Ear mites, Scabies, mange and walking dandruff are all various types of dog mites.
An infected scabies dog gets irresistible itchiness and loses a lot of hair. Scabies is a skin infection caused by itch mites and is highly contagious, even to humans. Poorly nourished dogs are more likely to contract lice. When captured by lice dog gets itching sensation all through the body. Sucking lice feed on a dog’s blood, while biting lice survive on dead skin flakes.
Such are the tiny but annoying threats that your dog may get to suffer. Hence, keep your dog safe, keep him clean.

Basically, a bed bug dog is a detector or sniffer that uses its senses (usually nose) to locate the object for which it has been given training. Our pest control services also include bed bug dog treatments.

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