![From left, Trooper, Blazer and Charger await a command from Bill Helfer during a DockDogs practice.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_191019958_EP_-1_SFXLIJNMWTXJ_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
From left, Trooper, Blazer and Charger await a command from Bill Helfer during a DockDogs practice.
October 13, 2019
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Dogs' love of swimming, retrieving leads to national competitions
In the beginning, it wasn’t about the competition.