08/17/2026
Throwing out your mattress doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve thrown out the bed bugs.
Bed bugs don’t live only in mattresses. They can hide in bed frames, headboards, baseboards, furniture, cracks and other protected areas close to where people sleep.
That means replacing the mattress without addressing the infestation can leave you with a new mattress—and the same bed bug problem.
And putting an unwanted mattress at the curb with a “FREE” sign can potentially pass the problem along to someone else.
This is also where a trained bed bug detection dog can help. Rather than assuming the mattress is the problem, a properly trained K9 can use its sense of smell to help identify areas where bed bug odor is present—including places that may not be obvious during a visual inspection.
Before you start throwing things away, find out what you’re actually dealing with and where the activity is.
Detection matters. Know where the problem is before deciding what needs to go.
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