West Virginia K-9 Search and Rescue, Inc.

10/05/2026

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MISSING TEEN OHIO VALLEY: 15-year-old reported missing from New Martinsville. Please share. Full article linked in comments⬇️

10/01/2026

🛑 STOP
📱SCREENSHOT
🤳SHOW SOMEONE

09/30/2026

🐕 THE NOSE KNOWS

🔎 SCENT DETECTION — PART 1
From Hunting to Detection: How the Detection Dog Developed

For thousands of years, humans have relied on the dog’s nose.

Originally, the question was simple:

“Where did it go?”

Find the animal. Follow the trail. Locate the game.

But eventually we began asking dogs a very different question:

“Can you find this particular smell?”

That change opened the door to modern scent detection.

Explosives. Drugs. Currency. Human remains. Wildlife. Pests. Conservation targets. Firearms-related odours — and many more.

But here’s the important bit:

The dog doesn’t understand what it’s looking for in the way we do.

An explosive detection dog doesn’t understand explosives or public safety.

A cash dog doesn’t understand money.

A conservation dog doesn’t understand ecology.

A human remains detection dog doesn’t understand what recovering someone may mean to a family.

Humans understand the purpose.
The dog understands the scent problem.

Through training, we take an odour that initially means very little to the dog and give it value.

Target odour predicts reward.

So the dog learns:

Search → Locate → Communicate → Reward.

And that is where detection becomes fascinating.

We’re taking behaviours dogs already possess — hunting, searching, investigating and locating — and directing them towards a specific odour of our choosing.

But finding the odour is only part of the job.

The dog must learn to ignore thousands of irrelevant smells, work the available scent, locate its source and clearly communicate the find.

And the environment constantly changes the problem.

Airflow. Temperature. Buildings. Vehicles. Packaging. Height. Surfaces. Barriers. Contamination. Residual odour.

That’s why a good detection handler eventually stops thinking only:

“Where is the hide?”

and starts thinking:

“Where is the odour?”

Because they aren’t necessarily the same place.

Modern detection dogs may look effortless when they work.

Search. Change of behaviour. Source. Indication. Reward.

But behind those few seconds can be hundreds or thousands of carefully constructed repetitions.

We’ve taken one of the dog’s oldest biological abilities and developed it into one of the most versatile working partnerships in the world.

But that raises the next question:

What is the dog actually smelling?

That’s where we’re going next.

🔜 SCENT DETECTION — PART 2
What Is the Dog Actually Smelling?

We’ll look at odour molecules, VOCs, scent plumes, source versus available odour, contamination, residual odour, generalisation and discrimination.

Because the dog isn’t searching for what we can see.

It’s searching for what it can smell.

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

09/30/2026

📣 Today is the day!
Charity presale happening this evening!
Please share this information and encourage anyone who attends to chose our non profit organization!

If you missed yesterday’s pre-sale, TODAY is your Day!! ‼️SCHEDULE CHANGE‼️

🤩Wednesday: 5:30 pm
Open to the Public
Everyone welcome
Free entry
TONIGHT!!

NEW MERCH IS BEING ADDED TODAY!

Pre-Sale shopping is happening today, too! September 30 4pm & 5pm

✨ 4 PM Charity Pre-Sale: $8 for 2 adults
✨ 5 PM New & Due Pre-Sale: $5 for 2 adults

📍 Valley Park Conference Center
1 Valley Park Drive, Hurricane, WV

Come shop early for the best selection before public shopping begins tomorrow!

09/29/2026

Update! Alex has been located safe!

Missing Adult Male, please share.
Alexander Shear
5’6”
180 #
Brown Hair
24 years old
Last seen near Low Gap on Rt 17 yesterday evening. Wearing a maroon shirt, black joggers, white socks.
Autistic Adult
*updated 9/23 @ 1257*

Please call 911 or 304-369-9913 and let us know if you see him.

09/28/2026

Please share to help bring Kendall home!

UPDATE: Kendall Renee Javins has been located safe

🚨 MISSING JUVENILE — KENDALL RENEE JAVINS 🚨

The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Kendall Renee Javins.

Kendall is described as a 13 year old white female, brown hair and wears glasses. She was last seen today, September 28, 2026, on Loretta Lane in South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

At this time, we have limited information available to release. However, because we are currently unaware of Kendall’s condition or state of health, we felt it was important to get this information out to the public as quickly as possible.

If you have any information that could help us locate Kendall Renee Javins, please contact Deputy W.C. Hill at 304-357-0169 or a detective with The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office at 304-357-0556. You can also submit your tips on our website at www.KanawhaSheriff.us

Please share this post to help us get Kendall home safely.

09/28/2026

🌎 🚀 It's cra-zy in here but we're having fun! What happens when 600 families work together and host a huge event for the community? Love, Laughter and LOTS OF WORK! 🤣(no gym needed this week!)

So, what do you need to know? THIS WEEK is important. If don't ACT NOW you'll miss it. (It happens every. single. time. We get the emails.... "oh, it's over?" yes. ONE WEEK means ONE WEEK ONLY.)

🎟️Tuesday, Sept 29: Charity Presale 6:30pm $15 for 2 adults, no children

🎟️ Wednesday, Sept 30:
4pm: Charity PreSale $8 for 2 adults, kids welcome
5pm: New & Due Presale $5 for 2 adults, kids welcome
6pm: Hero PreSale $3 for 2 adults, kids welcome

🎃Open to the Public October 1-4

🍂Thursday: 9am-9pm
🍂Friday: 9am-6pm
🍂Saturday: 9am-4pm (25% off most) & 6pm-9pm (50% off most)
🍂Sunday: 9am-4pm (50% off most)

📍1 Valley Park Drive, Hurricane, WV


💚 BONUS: Shop 30 minutes early during public hours with one of our reusable shopping bags Thurs at 9:30am and Saturday at 8:30am!

🏧We accept CASH! (If a card is easier, we also accept Visa, MC & Apple Pay, 3% added)

✨ Don’t miss your chance to SAVE BIG and SHOP SMART while supporting local families. Mark your calendars and join us for the best consignment deals of the season!

Charities you can support with a pre-sale ticket: Support Lily's Place, CARES, WV K9 Search & Rescue, or Crossroads Pregnancy Center when you purchase a "Choose your Charity" Pre-Sale Ticket or a "New & Due" Pre Sale Ticket to shop the 600 family WV Kids Sale EARLY! 👉BOOK NOW: https://buytickets.at/wvkidsconsignmentsale/ The Charities you support benefit the local community. That's a win/win!



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09/28/2026

09/27/2026

Good morning KSF Fans, KSF Naturalist Jess Blalock here! Nope, you're not hallucinating, there are grapes growing in Kanawha State Forest, and yes - they're NATIVE! Meet the Frost Grape, currently in fruit in different locations throughout the forest! Is it edible? Yes, this tart, acidic fruit can be used in jams, jellies, and even wines! As the leaves die back and it becomes dormant, the fruits will dry out and become raisins on the vine. This actually makes them sweeter, and they're a favorite food for a variety of animals and birds! The vines rely on support to thrive, and can be found growing over a variety of trees.
To ensure that you have a grape and not a toxic lookalike - or "moonseed" - you have to open one of the fruits. Frost grapes will have round seeds with very little pulp; Moonseeds have a distinctive single, crescent-shaped seed. Know before you forage! 👍