David Latimer – Page 2 – Pest Management Professional

Our discussion about odor movement problems continues. Last time we talked about how air moves and concentrates as it moves...

Learn how to help our detector dog track odor to the source.

Building your detector dog’s self-confidence will improve a mutual trust between you and your dog.

Learn how PMPs can encourage their detection dog to be a more important part of the team with its sense...

Our discussion about dogs and their ability to apply a cognitive process to problem-solving continues. Let’s examine some of the...

Using your dog’s cognitive and problem-solving ability in the task of odor detection.

Here's how to encourage your dog to make the right choice based solely on the presence of odor.

For this third installment on pest control detection dogs’ false alerts, let’s discuss how bias can influence us — and...

Let’s continue our discussion about how detector dog handlers can cause false alerts. Here’s the bottom line, in many cases:...

Let’s start with being honest with our customers and ourselves: All odor detection systems — whether mechanical, electronic or biological...

Last week, I talked about the scientific basis for using randomized, double blind testing of canines used in termite, bed...

Last week, I defined what randomized, double blind testing is for testing detection dogs, including those trained for bed bug and...

Editor’s Note: Learn more about WDDO in our March issue profile on the author, online here. If you’re not familiar...