K-9 Bed Bug Inspection vs. Human Inspection:Setting the Record Straight

摘要

A veteran handler says a lack of understanding of how a K-9 unit functions is causing misperceptions about the effectiveness of K-9 bed bug detection teams.There has been much discussion during the past few years regarding just how accurate a well trained K-9 bed bug detection team is compared to a humaninspection. The common claim is the dog is about 95% accurate while a human "visual" inspection is about 35% accurate. I find that most of the people upset about the claims are the ones who don't employ the use of K-9s in the first place. In my opinion,the only rational reason to doubt the findings of a university study on the effectiveness of a well trained K-9 team is a lack of understanding of how the K-9 unit functions.When I speak of a K-9 team being 95% accurate, I am speaking of the three parts that make up the team: the dog, the handler and the team itself. Let's look at the three parts.