"We've made a conscious effort in TSA ... to use floppy ear dogs," Pekoske told the Washington Examiner during a tour of operations at Washington Dulles International Airport. "We find the passenger acceptance of floppy-ear dogs is just better. It presents just a little bit less of a concern. Doesn't scare children."
TSA trains seven breeds of dogs,German short-haired pointers, wire-haired pointers, golden retrievers, Labrador retrievers and Vizslas, which have floppy ears, and German shepherds and Belgian Malinois, which have pointy ears.
TSA could not respond to requests for more comment on the dogs because of the partial government shutdown.
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