# bed bugs **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 22, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-bugs/837450 "2019-07-22T14:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-bugs/837450/41 "2019-08-07T21:29:12Z")
the story of my previous bedbug experience. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21052377&postcount=16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21052377&postcount=16) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-bugs/837450/42 "2019-08-07T23:18:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > This isn’t a controlled scientific experiment, and the goal is to get rid of all of those demons. Do everything, up to and including holy water and an exorcism. Agreed. I haven’t had bedbugs myself, but two of my friends battled them. And I posted here about my war with fleas, which took over my entire house before I had the sense to realize I had a problem. From all this I have learned that a relentless and repeated attack using every single means at your disposal is the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-bugs/837450/43 "2019-08-08T19:36:16Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Is finding bedbugs a beagle thing, or was this a special beagle? I can’t imagine it’s specific to beagles. It was a dog trained to give an alert when it smelled bed bugs. Beagles are small, good-natured dogs that have an excellent sense of smell, so maybe that’s why, or maybe the trainer just likes beagles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-bugs/837450.md?page=2)