handler. >> kina i think she's rambunctious. a lot of energy. >> reporter: as travelers file past kina has been trained to give a sniff for chemical vapors associated with explosive. if you should meet kina and alex andy or any other other teams assigned to the airport smile but don't pet. >> they may sniff around your feet your ankles but they won't be too enthused. we ask you keep on doing what you're doing. go through the line like you normally do. don't stop and try to play with the dog. >> reporter: a dog's nose is much more sensitive. they can pick up several expose sieve components. the t.s.a. uses a pizza shop comparison. >> when you walk in you would smell a pizza. these canines could walk into asperse is a shop and they would pick up on flour, tomato basil and mozzarella. >> reporter: in this simulation the t.s.a. says kina picked up the be scent of something. she gets a squeaky toy for a job well done. >> that's a good girl. >> reporter: kina and alex train together work together and go home together. it's the job. >>

. >> reporter: meet kina, the 2-year-old german short-haired pointer, one of five k-9 teams that will sniff out explosives working to keep you safe on your next flight out of philly international. >> once they get out of the truck, they are working, their nose is always working, always sniffing the air. they are trained to pick up certain explosive material, and when they do, they'll react. >> reporter: the k-9 initiative is a pilot program that began in 2011. it's now permanent. >> you'll see the dogs out there. i tell people don't be afraid of the dogs, we keep control of the dogs. >> reporter: you'll see them mostly at tsa checkpoints. >> at the checkpoints you'll see them, they may come up, sniff up and down. >> reporter: today with this demonstration, she simply sits when she smells something suspicious on a decoy. handlers can read the behavior without a subject realizing a scent is detected. >> something like a bakery or pastry shop or if you walk in, you would smell a pizza, these k-9s could walk into a pizza shop and pick up on flour, on the tomato, on the basil, and on the m

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. >> reporter: meet kina and alex a german short haired pointer. alex is her handler. he makes good with 2 feet and a calming voice. if you should meet them in your travels through security at the airport spiel but don't pet. >> the dogs are working dogs. they're always looking. they may come around sniff around your feet ankles but they won't be too end throughout the day. just go through line like you normally do. don't stop and try to play with the dog. >> reporter: kia has a job she's been trained sniff and respond to vapors associated with explosives that mile trail after bad game her nose is far more discerning. a comparison walking into a pizza shop. >> if you walk in you would smell a pizza. these canines could walk into a pizza shop and they would pick up on flour, on the tomato basil and mozzarella. much more refined and sophisticated nose on these dogs. >> reporter: until now sniffer dogs were behind the as soon as with checked baggage and cargo but kia is a pfc. she picked up on the scent of something wrong and let alex know. alex responds with high praise

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