MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) – A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) passenger screening canine at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is trading his work vest for afternoons lounging on the sofa.
After his last morning of sniffing for any traces of explosives on Thursday, Rex, a six-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, was joined by several of the canine handlers, TSA staff, and invited guests to celebrate his retirement.
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After Rex alerted a scent on a decoy passenger, he was showered by tennis balls tossed by his friends and party guests.
Rex’s handler, Regina Eisenberg, removed Rex’s “Do Not Pet” patch from his harness, thus officially signaling that the dog was no longer a working canine and could be petted.
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Rex and Eisenberg have been paired for five years. They were the first canine/handler team brought in to start Wisconsin’s TSA passenger screening canine program.
Eisenberg, who will now work as a canine program supervisor out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, will care for Rex for the rest of his life.
