Bed bugs can arrive at an overnight camp before a camper ever enters a cabin.
Dog Team Six provides professional K9 bed bug detection for overnight and sleepaway camps throughout New Jersey, New York, and Eastern Pennsylvania.
Our canine team can help camps identify potential bed bug activity in luggage and personal belongings during camper arrival, helping prevent bed bugs from being introduced into cabins, bunks, and other sleeping areas.
The process can be performed quickly, discreetly, and without unnecessarily disrupting the camper’s arrival experience.
One of the most effective times to identify a potential bed bug introduction is when campers first arrive.
Dog Team Six can set up a K9 screening area where luggage and personal belongings are inspected before they are taken into cabins or sleeping quarters.
If the canine alerts to a piece of luggage, that item can be discreetly separated and handled according to the camp’s established pest-control or treatment procedures.
This allows camp staff to address the concern while helping protect the cabins, other campers, and the overall camp experience.
The goal is prevention—not embarrassment. The screening process can be incorporated into normal camper check-in so individual campers do not need to be singled out.
Dog Team Six can support your camp throughout the season with a K9 inspection program designed around your operation.
Pre-Season Cabin Sweeps
Inspect cabins, bunkhouses, staff housing, and other sleeping areas before campers arrive.
Camper Arrival Screening
Screen luggage and personal belongings during check-in before they are taken into sleeping quarters.
Suspected Bed Bug Inspections
Respond when a camper, parent, counselor, or staff member reports a suspected bed bug or unexplained bites.
Targeted Follow-Up Inspections
Reinspect specific cabins, rooms, or belongings when additional K9 detection is appropriate.
Recurring Preventive Inspections
Schedule inspections during the camp season based on camper turnover, session dates, and the needs of your facility.
Bed bugs can be picked up almost anywhere, and their presence is not a reflection of a camper or their family.
That’s why discretion matters.
Dog Team Six can work with camp staff to incorporate K9 screening into the normal arrival process. If the canine indicates potential bed bug activity, the camp can quietly follow its established procedures for isolating and treating the belongings.
The objective is to address the potential problem without unnecessarily embarrassing the camper or disrupting their opportunity to enjoy camp.
A discreet preventive program helps protect the individual camper, other campers, staff, and the facility itself.
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