Virginia Search and Rescue Dog Association

Looping Scent: when scent travels upwards from a source, and settles down away from the source. Occurs with little to no wind at the source.

">Looping Scent : when scent travels upwards from a source, and settles down away from the source. Occurs with little to no wind at the source.

Author: Linda Warshaw

Rafts
Rafts (skin rafts): dead or dying skins cells that have left a human body. They are composed of 1 or more cells, carry bacteria, and are microscopic. An average human sheds around 40,000 cells each mi