Pest-Sniffing Dogs

by Meish Goldish

One morning in 2010, a pest inspector came to a home in Brooklyn, New York, to search for bedbugs. However, the inspector wasn't a person--he was a dog named Cruiser This puggle (a cross between a pug and a beagle) was able to sniff out the bedbugs in the family's home so that they wouldn't get bitten by the blood-sucking insects. Cruiser is one of about 150 dogs that have been trained to detect pests. Some dogs specialize in finding bedbugs, while...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617724548
• ISBN13: 9781617724541
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Bearport Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7