Eight-year-old explosive detection dog Messi was given a special surprise farewell party from his human colleagues on his ...

On April 19, an 8-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever was pleasantly surprised by his handlers with a shower of tennis balls.

"These dogs are so special, and they are for TSA ... sniffing for any explosive devices in bags and luggage. TSA Wisconsin's ...

An 8-year-old Labrador Retriever retired from working as a passenger screening canine for the TSA in Arlington, Virginia, on ...

One of the Transportation Safety Administration’s “bomb-sniffing” dogs at Reagan National Airport was thrown a 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 ...

The dogs also had the opportunity to sniff around the airline check-in counters, baggage carousels and TSA arranged for the puppies and their trainers to board an aircraft. Similar TSA checkpoint ...

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 ...

An alligator may have been testing security at MacDill Air Force Base when the reptile wandered onto one of its runways.

At the end of his last shift at the airport, Messi was led into a stairwell where a training bag had ... moving from TSA canine handler to TSA canine trainer, helping to train dogs to help take ...