Wednesday 1 April 2015

Alfie makes his TV debut!

Let me introduce you to Alfie the bedbug sniffing megadog.


I'm not sure if any of you in the UK have already seen it but there is a four part series on BBC 2 'The Lady Killers' about women in the pest control industry. There's not many women working in the industry and one of them is one of Hubby's partners. The company is Trust K9 and is made up of 3 humans and 2 talented dogs Alfie and his son Dex.



It's in episode 1 that Claire and Alfie make their debut which went out last Wednesday. Alfie was a hit. He wore a camera on his harness which meant we got a dogs eye view of what it was like when he is darting around all over the place sniffing out bedbugs.

Later in the episode Claire shows Imogen another pest controller how to do a heat treatment to eradicate them. Click on the link below to read the review in the Daily Mail by Christopher Stevens.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-3012220/Bed-bugs-sofa-call-Alfie-pest-busting-spaniel-CHRISTOPHER-STEVENS-reviews-night-s-TV.html

I would love you to check out the link below to the show. Feel free to watch the whole episode but Alfie first makes his appearance at 2:43 and then the heat treatment is a little bit further on in the episode just after 29 minutes.



Hubby and the rest of the team took over the company a year and a half ago and I had a post all lined up about it but as I was in the thick of my studies it never got published but I'll tell you all about Trust K9 and their fight against bedbugs another time.

If you want to check out some other videos and show your support it would be lovely if you subscribe to their You Tube channel, (it's a work in progress).

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzCPwzyqfp3qonDjDKh1NRQ

Let me know what you think of our boy Alfie in the comments. Oh you can read more about Trust K9 K9 if you click on the menu tab at the top of the page.

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18 comments:

  1. Go, Alfie! You probably get asked this all the time, but how do you train a dog to sniff out bed bugs? Ew, cringing just thinking about them? My other half was a Police Dog Handler for years and they trained them with a rubber ball - do you do the same? x

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    1. Same as drug dogs etc. The guy that trained also trains bomb disposal dogs. Oh yes I forgot you husband was. Yes it's all about the ball! Alfie is obsessed. xx

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  2. Stopping in from SITS Girls Sharefest. What an amazing story! I've Pinned and followed you everywhere... I'll be in London in June... can't wait!

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    2. Thanks for stopping by and the follows. Love connecting with fellow bloggers :) Hope you have a fabulous time in London :)

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  3. If I knew Alfie was going to be on that tv show I would have watched it! Such a cute face :)
    My dog Johnny is trained to sniff out sausages :-D

    xx
    Mila (Idea Box)

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  4. Thanks for stopping by Mila. He was a little star. I have to be honest, I only watched the bits on bedbugs and with Alfie and the Trust K9 team.

    xx

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  5. Thank you for sharing Alfie and his talents on Idea Box link party! Hope to see you again next Thursday!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Christy. I will definitely be joining in next week :)

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  6. That's so awesome! Here in the US (at least my state) bed bugs are becoming a huge issue. I never knew dogs could be trained for pest control. I guess they really can be trained for anything. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

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    1. Angela they really can. Since doing what we do, I found out they even use dogs to help find dogs that have gone missing! Thanks for taking the time to stop by, love #HomeMattersParty :)

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  7. Hello Alfie please to meet you

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    1. Hi Claire, thanks for stopping by and reading the post about me, hello back :)

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  8. Love it! I feel my little puppy Molly needs to have a camera on her collar! Maybe she could become famous too!

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    1. I think she does! It would be interesting to see what mischief she may get up too. I've always wanted to set up a camera to see what they get up to when we're out. Although knowing our other dog Spike, he'll be sleeping most of the time.

      Thanks so much for stopping by :)

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  9. Kate, how cool is this! Not only does Alfie have a special talent, he is now famous! You better start wearing large sunglasses and a big hat when you take him out to walk him! Congrats!

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    1. I know Nikki, we were so excited seeing him on TV. I think I better, lol! Thank you for stopping by.I'll be sharing the next episode soon :)

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  10. Awesome dog! Thanks for linking up and sharing with us at Funtastic Friday. I hope you can make it again this week.

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