articleThe Brief Steeler, a 2½-year-old Labrador from Pittsburgh International Airport, was named TSA's 2025 Top Canine on National Dog Day. The explosives detection dog beat out finalists in a national public vote and will be featured on the cover of TSA’s 2026 Canine Calendar. Steeler is part of TSA’s 1,000+ canine teams that play a vital role in airport security, sniffing out potential threats across the country. According to the government agency, the explosives detection canine works alongside his handler, Mark Smith, at PIT providing explosives detection capabilities as part of TSA’s multilayered security approach. These explosives detection canine teams work through large groups of moving people to detect the source of an explosive’s odor.