Yet Another Job for the Working Dog!

Today I was watching a show on bed bugs and how awful they have become, and was pleasantly surprised when once again dogs are coming to the rescue!
Over the last 10 years the infestations of bed bugs has increased by 500% and they are insanely hard to get rid of. There are reported incidents of people getting them in theaters and subways, and even a local fire station had an outbreak. I had no idea how much of a problem these bugs had become, and now I can't stop itching after watching the show! But in all seriousness the people that have their houses infected are seriously affected by this, some eventually walk away from their entire house and all its contents because the cost to hire exterminators is so high. One family on the show I was watching paid $10,000 to rid their house of bed bugs. There are other ways to do it but it is just so time consuming and hard to completely rid your house of them. Human pest inspectors are only 30% accurate at finding the bedbugs, they can hide virtually anywhere, and they must be treated directly. They can be killed with heat, or steam but if you hire professionals to do it they will most likely use chemicals but most infestations need to be treated at least three times. The dogs are much more accurate than the humans, they can smell live bugs or even a single egg with 98% accuracy. The university of Florida published a study they did in 08 proving how accurate the dogs are. The cost of the dogs is much less, The Bed Bug Detectors charges $350 for a residential inspection. They will also work with you to remedy the problem without having to spend thousands on a pest control company. The National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association (NESDCA) oversees the certification of dogs trained to sniff out these bugs. Even families that do hire a pest control service can use the dogs after treatment to get some peace of mind in knowing the bug are really gone. Many pest control companies employ their own dogs to go in after treatments to check for bugs.
This is really another great way dogs just improve our lives and offer us options that we would never have with out them. I really love hearing about all the neat things dogs do. If you have heard of a unique job for dogs leave a comment and let me know, I would love to hear about it.