Chinese Drywall Sniffing Dog

It is estimated as many as 100000. Florida homes are contaminated with Chinese drywall until allow inspectors had -- terror apart houses. To detect the faulty drywall but as news channel is Krista Klaus reports now man's best friend can sniff out the problem.

Meet shadow like. -- German shepherd with a lot of energy and a lot of love for Chinese drywall.

That's all he does I can even play ball with the many more. We want to do is under our war.

When it shadowed -- chemicals present -- the toxic drywall -- then trainer Jeremiah -- given his reward exploit made in the center. Best place for direct hit electrical outlets.

The sockets have pressed could grow inside of it. And that's the best -- my dog to stick his nose in the smell the odor.

Veteran home inspector Anthony him the next partners with Combs in the drywall detection business.

I was looking for a nondestructive. Cost effective method to help our clients determine. Whether they have Chinese drywall are not.

A benefit of using dogs in an -- says is you don't have to tell the house. Apart just to find contamination. Here.

Your guns that -- only to tax Chinese drywall and I -- way to try asking right and that's a really important point because.

Not all the homes not all the malls and homes are built with Chinese drywall this is something you don't.

You don't think if that could ever happen it's like something from outer space.

Four separate inspectors told -- Ballard her Sun City center home has Chinese drywall. But other KR it is clear cut that's where the dog -- detection approach might have an edge.

I think that the people who have been told that their homes are native four for the toxic drywall. It might find it there are review boards. Or she since drywall in other parts of their home.

Detecting drywall using dogs cost about 400 dollars so far this Manatee County company has seventy canines trained and in service. But it can start discovered in the net -- our new business and -- money to come what.

Your impression of the -- the Chinese drywall problems floor I think it's much bigger than we all realized. Seems to continue to grow. And we are continually finding new developments that have it in Sun City center Krista -- news Channel 8.