LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) -- While it’s not high school or even college graduation season, a very special commencement ceremony took place Monday evening in Lancaster County.

After two years of training, ten adorable dogs walked across the stage at the Farm and Home Center earning their service dog certificate through the UDS Foundation.

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“Our mission as an organization is to help people live their best lives and no better program than our service dog program to see that come to life, in real form,” said Judy Naylor, president and CEO of the UDS Foundation.

Kristy Conrad, the foundation's supervisor of breeding and training, said the service training is made up of four phases.

“They start in a volunteer family,” she

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