JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mandy Conner’s 13-year-old daughter Kaitlyn, or “KK” as her family affectionately calls her, is autistic. She uses an iPad to communicate because she’s nonverbal, and like many ...

LECANTO (FOX 13) - An elderly woman suffering from dementia is back home thanks to a K9 and an extra precaution she had taken years ago. About two years ago, the woman had completed a scent ...

ST JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Scent-tracking kits that make K-9 searches for missing persons easier have been delivered to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. In all, 500 at-home scent collection kits, ...

To help find people who go missing faster, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Senior Resource Alliance and Scent Evidence K9 to use two new bloodhounds and scent preservation ...

Florida has the second-highest population of people with Alzheimer's Disease. More than 580,000 people in the state have the disease and are prone to wander and get lost. The Nassau County Sheriff's ...

Orange County deputies are working to get kits out into the community to help them find missing children and senior citizens. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office received 1,500 scent collection kits on ...

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will be offering Scent Preservation Kits for the community in the wake of a potential missing persons case. Scent Preservation Kits are aimed to help reduce the ...

SUMTER COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A Sumter County teen with autism who disappeared for nearly 24 hours on May 27 was located in a swamp with water up to his neck by a deputy and K-9 duo. “It’s not about ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office participated in Scent Discriminate K9 Training as part of the Bringing The Lost Home Project. ECSO was selected as one of the five ...

Nosework, also known as Scent Work, is a sport in which a dog fully relies on his own sense of smell, turning a dog’s favorite activity — using its nose — into a fun game. In training and in ...