CONWAY — Digger “Diggs” the dog has made many friends as a therapy dog-in-training with Assistance Canine Training Services (A.C.T.S.) in Mount Washington Valley, and now the golden retriever will be making many more as a facility therapy dog for the Seacoast Cancer Center at Wentworth Douglass Hospital in Dover.
Diggs has been doing team training this week in the valley with A.C.T.S. and his new partner, Dr. Barbara Civiello, an oncologist and medical director of the Dover cancer facility.
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