Originally Posted by
WillCAD
The queue post-TDC was altered to create a penalty box in the middle, where the canine and handler were stationed. The rest of the queue was routed around the penalty box, giving the dog plenty of opportunity to sniff passing travelers. Once they passed the dog, travelers then entered a larger queue area where about a dozen ETD machines were set up in a row, each with a TSO manning it. Every traveler had their hands swabbed and tested, and moved on.
This sounds to me as if TSA was testing the dog. Otherwise, why ETD all the passengers? Perhaps I am wrong, but sniffer dogs don't stand in place to do their job. Part of the "fun" of the job for the dog is moving, going to the target rather than having the target come to the dog.