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Real workin’ dogs compete at Soldier Hollow on Labor Day

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Oscar wows the crowd with vertical liftoff as dogs soar and splash ingot a pool going for distance in the DockDogs Big Air Wave competition as part of the annual Soldier Hollow Classic on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Monday was a holiday for most Utahns, but not for the dogs at the Soldier Hollow Classic.

Humans sat back and watched as dogs herded sheep, dogs displayed their speed and agility on obstacle courses and dogs leaped great distances in a single bound off docks, landing with a splash in the pool.

It was the fourth and final day of the annual event, which draws thousands of people to Midway for food, sheep-shearing demonstrations, bag pipers, a Bohemian beer garden, trained birds of prey and more.