Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever who works with her Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa at McCarran International Airport is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa works with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa inspects garbage bins as she works with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa, who declined to provide her last name, inspects garbage bins as she works with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever who works with her Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa, left, at McCarran International Airport is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa, who declined to provide her last name, works with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa inspects garbage bins as she works with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa works with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Transportation Security Administration handler Vanessa works with her dog Alona, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever at McCarran International Airport who is a finalist in the TSA’s 2021 Cutest Canine national contest on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
(TSA via Twitter)
One of the cutest dogs working for the Transportation Security Administration can be found sniffing around Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport.
Drum roll please…Announcing our top 4 match up in the 2021 TSA's Cutest Canine Contest. Meet Alona from @LASairport, Badger from @fly2ohare, Lexa and Lexi from @DFWAirport! Click below on who should take the crown for the 2021 cutest canine!
Four-year-old Golden Retriever Alona is one of four TSA dogs in the running for the title of the agency’s third annual Cutest Canine contest. Alona is one more than 1,000 TSA working canines nationwide.
Voting for the contest is being conducted on TSA’s social media platforms including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn and ends Thursday at 11:59 p.m. As of Wednesday morning Alona was in the lead in the Twitter vote, garnering 51 percent of the 460 votes.
TSA will announce the contest winner on Aug. 26, which is National Dog Day.
