Based in New York. Working nationwide across the United States, and internationally.
Independent consulting on rodent exclusion, food facility pest programs, and construction, backed by 25 years of rodent field work and a working K9 team. We find where rodents live, how they travel, and how they get in, then give you the plan to correct it. We work for homeowners, property owners, facilities, and pest management companies across the U.S. and internationally.
Most rodent problems that will not go away are building problems. We consult on the building: how it is put together, where it is open, and what it takes to close it. You get an independent assessment and a written plan from a rodent and exclusion expert who understands the animal, its biology, and its behavior, and who has a background of more than two decades in large phased construction. That combination is one no one else in this industry offers. Exclusion is not pest control. It is a step beyond, a craft honed over decades in New York City, the most demanding rodent environment there is, and what holds there holds anywhere.
A site assessment and a written exclusion plan and specification, with the openings documented and the materials named.
Pest program development and review for SQF and food manufacturing facilities, built to hold up at audit.
Rodent-proofing input before, during, and after construction, alongside your architect, general contractor, or engineer.
Patterdale Terriers are natural hunters. Finding rats and taking them is what the breed was built to do. Training shapes that instinct. It does not supply the judgment. What a site needs is three kinds of knowledge working together, and here they belong to the same person.
The dogs work by scent, so they locate burrows, nests, and harborage that nobody can see: under groundcover, beneath a deck, across a building too large to inspect by eye. They tell the handler where the rats are.
Guided by the dogs, a rodent expert finds more. Each indication is a starting point: which burrow systems are active, how the rats travel between them, what they are feeding on, and where they shelter. From that comes a plan that drastically reduces the population, aimed at where the rats live and not at where they were last seen.
Reducing a population is half the job. Rats return to a site that is still open to them. The structural exclusion expert finds how they are getting in, through penetrations, pipe chases, shared walls, and sewer lines, and specifies the repairs that keep them out. That is what solves the problem at its source.
“It starts with the dog, it ends with the handler. Once your dog alerts, you dig to find the piece of the story that proves they were right. It's easy to see the rat. Finding all the subtle cues takes practice in the field and several years to learn. No handler should ever just take the dog's alert. You need to verify.”
Kimberly Camera, Coastal K9 & Pest Solutions
A handler who knows dogs but not rats can find a burrow. A rodent expert can tell you why it is there and how to bring the population down. An exclusion expert can make the result last. Our dogs are worked by one person who is all three: a rodent specialist with 25 years in the field, who teaches rodent work and exclusion to pest professionals in the United States and abroad.
Independent consulting for property owners, facilities, design teams, and pest management companies. Details
Our working K9 team locates active burrows and rodent harborage that cannot be seen from the surface, including under dense groundcover, decks, and landscaping. Detection shows where activity is, so the work that follows is placed where it matters. Details
Our working terriers remove rodents from burrow systems and harborage on site. Abatement is one part of a larger program: once the active population is addressed, the site and structure are corrected so rodents cannot re-establish. Details
Everyone. If there is a rodent problem that needs to be found and fixed, we take the call, whether it is one backyard or a facility measured in millions of square feet. Every client gets the same thing: the dogs locate the activity, we document it with photos in a written report, and we lay out what to correct first.
Rats in the yard, under the deck, or along the foundation. The dogs find the burrows and nests that cannot be seen from the surface, and we show you how they are getting in. More
Apartment complexes, multi-unit buildings, and grounds with dense planting. We locate the burrow systems across the whole property and address the population at its source. More
Warehouses, distribution centers, and food manufacturing. Canine detection covers large buildings quickly, and we consult on exclusion and on pest programs for SQF facilities. More
A specialist resource for the accounts that have not resolved. We work at your request, our findings go to you, and we do not solicit the accounts you bring us into. Your client stays your client. More
Chocolate Patterdale Terrier, trained and handled by Ryan Katz. Works both rodent detection and abatement, from single yards to large commercial facilities.
Meet Mia
Black Patterdale Terrier, trained and handled by Ryan Katz. Works both rodent detection and abatement, including burrow systems people cannot find by eye.
Meet Hugo
Rodent and exclusion expert, consultant, and K9 handler. 25 years of rodent field work, a background of more than two decades in large phased construction, techniques of his own, and an instructor to the industry in the United States and abroad. Trained Mia and Hugo and handles them in the field.
About RyanOur canine partner. A former FEMA Urban Search and Rescue canine handler with more than 28 years in K9 detection. Mia and Hugo spent two months with Kim, and the two companies work detection and abatement projects together.
About the partnershipAll work is quoted in writing before it begins. Consulting is billed at a day rate agreed in advance; projects that require travel are billed with travel, lodging, and meal expenses at cost. Detection, abatement, and project work are priced per job based on the site.
We invoice electronically and accept credit and debit cards and ACH bank transfer. Project work requires a 50% deposit when the agreement is signed, with the balance due on completion. Consulting invoices are due on receipt. Applicable sales tax is added to taxable services.
To cancel or reschedule, contact us as soon as possible by phone or email. If you cancel before work begins, your deposit is refunded less any costs already incurred on your behalf, such as materials ordered or travel booked. Services and consulting days already performed are not refundable. Approved refunds are returned to the original payment method within 10 business days.
If you have a question about a charge, call (631) 664-7817 or email ryan@graduatek9.com and we will respond within two business days.
We collect your name, contact details, and site address only to schedule and perform your service and to send invoices. Card and bank payments are processed securely by Stripe; we do not store your full card or account numbers. We do not sell or share your information with anyone outside of what is needed to provide your service.
Consulting · Rodent Detection · Abatement