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10/13/2026

A cold front will approach the area Wednesday afternoon and evening, generating thunderstorms. An isolated storm may be strong to severe, with a damaging wind threat.

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10/13/2026

🐾 THE NOSE KNOWS

TRAILING & MANTRAILING — PART 2
What Is Individual Human Scent?

What makes you smell like YOU?

And how can a dog identify one particular person amongst hundreds of others?

Here’s the interesting part.

You don’t have one single smell.

There isn’t a magical molecule with your name on it.

Your individual scent is a complex, constantly changing mixture influenced by:

* Skin-associated material and natural secretions
* Bacteria and other microorganisms
* Volatile organic compounds
* Clothing and footwear
* Personal hygiene products
* Diet, biology and environment
* Everything you touch and interact with

Together, these contribute to an individual scent profile.

But here’s where trailing and mantrailing become particularly interesting.

We give the dog a scent article, perhaps a T-shirt, glove or other personal possession, and ask it to locate the individual associated with that scent.

Sounds straightforward.

But who else has handled that article?

Has somebody else worn it?

Was it washed with the family’s clothing?

Has it been sitting on a shared sofa?

A scent article is only as reliable as our understanding of its history.

And contamination doesn’t automatically make an article useless, but it certainly matters.

Now consider something else.

The person changes clothes, showers, uses deodorant or walks through a completely different environment.

Their scent picture changes.

Yet a properly trained dog may still be capable of recognising relevant information associated with that individual.

That’s what makes genuine scent discrimination so fascinating.

But we must test what we think we’ve trained.

Can the dog reject another person’s fresher trail?

Can it discriminate between family members?

Can it ignore the wrong person?

Can it work without visual clues or handler assistance?

Because finding somebody isn’t necessarily proof that the dog has identified them through individual scent.

TRAIN THE DOG — TEST THE CLAIM.

The scent article doesn’t magically create discrimination.

Training does.

And the more we understand about human scent, the better we can design our training.

No magic. No folklore. Just biology, learning and some extraordinary canine capabilities.

NEXT — PART 3: Building the Mantrailing Dog

We’ll look at taking a complete beginner and systematically developing the foundations of a reliable trailing dog.

K9 Manhunt & ScentWork Scotland
www.k9manhuntscotland.co.uk

10/13/2026

Former officer identified as suspect in cold case murder 🔽

10/13/2026

This Pedestrian Safety Month, remind yourself that shorter days and evening commutes require extra caution. ⚠️

🚗 Drivers: Slow down, especially at crosswalks and in hard-to-see conditions.
🚶 Pedestrians: Follow the rules of the road and use crosswalks when available.

10/13/2026

For nearly 66 years, Gloria Kowalewicz’s family waited for answers. Chicago police now say they have identified the person responsible for her murder: a police officer who later became a homicide detective.

Gloria was just 8 years old when she disappeared while walking to church on November 12, 1960. Her body was later discovered in a wooded area southwest of Chicago. She had been shot twice.

Despite an extensive investigation, her murder remained unsolved for decades. Evidence preserved by investigators eventually provided a path forward.

With assistance from the FBI, investigators used genetic genealogy to connect DNA recovered from Gloria’s clothing to Thomas Francis McInerney Jr. Police also matched a fingerprint on her purse strap to one from his police employment application. Authorities say those findings identified McInerney as her killer.

McInerney spent 28 years with the Chicago Police Department before retiring in 1987. He died in 2006, never facing prosecution for Gloria’s death.

Her brother, Adam, has described the painful reality of receiving answers after the man responsible had already died. Gloria’s parents also passed away without learning who killed their daughter.

This development shows why preserving evidence and revisiting cold cases matters. Behind every unsolved case is a person whose life mattered and a family still waiting for the truth.

Gloria deserved protection. She deserved a future. She deserves to be remembered.

Source: NBC News, with additional family reporting attributed to the Chicago Tribune.

10/13/2026

Drier and warmer on Tuesday as temperatures climb to anomalously high for this time of year. Huntington is forecast to be 16 degrees above their average.

10/13/2026

🧡🐾🧡 K9 Photo of the Week 🧡🐾🧡

⭐️K9 Felix⭐️

K9 Felix is always the life of the party! He absolutely loves people and he is always excited to get out of the car and give out some love to anyone he can! He is our teams first Area Search K9 and he has really been putting in the work to learn his craft and get ready to certify!

Breed - Australian Shepherd

Discipline - Wilderness Area Search

Team - Lost and Hound Search and Rescue

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