CONWAY — After skipping a graduation ceremony during 2020 and postponing a May ceremony earlier this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Assistance Canine Training Services celebrated six graduate teams on Saturday at the Journey Church in Conway.
Graduate teams included a service dog team, an explosive detection dog team, a facility dog team and three facility dogs for education teams.
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