In an emotional ceremony Sunday afternoon in Wolfeboro, Assistance Canine Training Services (A.C.T.S.) graduated five new assistance dog teams. Each of the five graduating dogs trained with A.C.T.S. volunteer puppy raisers for two years. Each of the teams worked with a trainer from A.C.T.S. for two weeks to complete the process of receiving their assistance dogs.
According to Executive Director Dot Hyde-Williams of Center Tuftonboro, “The recipients of these five dogs come from as close as our own back yard, to as far away as Wisconsin and Idaho.”
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