One of the Transportation Safety Administration’s “bomb-sniffing” dogs at Reagan National Airport was thrown a retirement ...
On April 19, an 8-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever was pleasantly surprised by his handlers with a shower of tennis balls.
Eight-year-old explosive detection dog Messi was given a special surprise farewell party from his human colleagues on his ...
An 8-year-old Labrador Retriever retired from working as a passenger screening canine for the TSA in Arlington, Virginia, on ...
Messi the TSA screening dog spent his last morning sniffing passengers at Reagan National today, where a surprise retirement ...
As part of the TSA's new bag-screening policy ... and to make use of dogs and hand searches to accomplish the task. "In all cases, all bags will be being checked," Loy said.
The 1,000 or so dogs that work at airports nationwide are quite busy helping to keep airports safe, trained to detect the scent of explosives or explosive materials. TSA dogs spend six weeks at a ...
As a result, TSA agents may decide to do a bag search or even pat you down after ... but drug smugglers use coffee to hide the scent of drugs from canine dogs. Because it’s a common tactic ...
A TSA screening dog was showered with tennis balls at his retirement party. Messi, an 8-year-old labrador retriever, had his ...
Messi, alongside every TSA screening canine, is one of 300 dogs selected annually who spend 16 weeks training for the job at the Joint Base San Antonio Lackland. After faithfully executing his ...