The Joys of Airport Security

The other day, Mason and I went to the airport to pick up my friend, Nimer, and his dog, Abbie. Since Nimer and I are both blind, I decided it would be easiest for me to meet him at his gate instead of waiting at baggage claim. Getting a pass to do so was no problem. However, this meant Mason and I got to deal with the new airport security. In the past, I would walk through the mettal detector, have Mason sit behind me, and call him once I was done. His harness would set the detector off, which would result in a pat down. However, since they have new body scanners that are too small for both of us to fit in, we went straight to the pat down. Now, the thing to remember durring this is to keep calm, and keep your dog under control. Although the airport security officer conducting the search may try to get you to have your dog do stuff you wouldn't normally have him or her do, just go along with it. It will make the whole process go by much more smoothly and quickly. Seeing as your dog may be uncomfortable with someone touching you, and him or her, keeping control will put your dog at ease and will let him or her know that everything is okay. Seeing as the security staff is usually in a rush, they usually do not have the gentlest of hands. Therefore, it's not unlikely that they could make dogs feel a little anxious. So to sum everything up, keeping your dog calm and letting the airport security officers do their jobs will make your airport travel much more pleasant.