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🐕 NEW: At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, #dogs start scent training around 8 weeks old, learning a sniff-and-reward game before moving to real targets.

Lucky, a #GermanShepherd, became the first U.S. dog trained to find spotted #lanternfly eggs. Studies show trained dogs identify #termites and #bedbugs with 96% to 97.5% accuracy, while pet dogs were less reliable in the field.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/inside-the-school-where-dogs-learn-to-sniff-out-bed-bugs-and-other-pests/

#invasivespecies #animals #science #entomology #agriculture #beagles #research #canine #insects

🐕 NEW: At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, #dogs start scent training around 8 weeks old, learning a sniff-and-reward game before moving to real targets.

Lucky, a #GermanShepherd, became the first U.S. dog trained to find spotted #lanternfly eggs. Studies show trained dogs identify #termites and #bedbugs with 96% to 97.5% accuracy, while pet dogs were less reliable in the field.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/inside-the-school-where-dogs-learn-to-sniff-out-bed-bugs-and-other-pests/

#invasivespecies #animals #science #entomology #agriculture #beagles #research #canine #insects

🐕 NEW: At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, #dogs start scent training around 8 weeks old, learning a sniff-and-reward game before moving to real targets.

Lucky, a #GermanShepherd, became the first U.S. dog trained to find spotted #lanternfly eggs. Studies show trained dogs identify #termites and #bedbugs with 96% to 97.5% accuracy, while pet dogs were less reliable in the field.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/inside-the-school-where-dogs-learn-to-sniff-out-bed-bugs-and-other-pests/

#invasivespecies #animals #science #entomology #agriculture #beagles #research #canine #insects

🐕 NEW: At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, #dogs start scent training around 8 weeks old, learning a sniff-and-reward game before moving to real targets.

Lucky, a #GermanShepherd, became the first U.S. dog trained to find spotted #lanternfly eggs. Studies show trained dogs identify #termites and #bedbugs with 96% to 97.5% accuracy, while pet dogs were less reliable in the field.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/inside-the-school-where-dogs-learn-to-sniff-out-bed-bugs-and-other-pests/

#invasivespecies #animals #science #entomology #agriculture #beagles #research #canine #insects

🐕 NEW: At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, #dogs start scent training around 8 weeks old, learning a sniff-and-reward game before moving to real targets.

Lucky, a #GermanShepherd, became the first U.S. dog trained to find spotted #lanternfly eggs. Studies show trained dogs identify #termites and #bedbugs with 96% to 97.5% accuracy, while pet dogs were less reliable in the field.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/inside-the-school-where-dogs-learn-to-sniff-out-bed-bugs-and-other-pests/

#invasivespecies #animals #science #entomology #agriculture #beagles #research #canine #insects