Danny Caywood’s black Labrador Retriever, Booker, of Elizabethtown, Kent., competes in the DockDogs jump competition Friday on the bluffs. The competition continues today at 10 a.m. on the bluff near the intersection of Monroe and Broadway streets. Also available will be an archery competition and games for children.

Lauren Moreland, 6, from Natchez, pets”Wycked” one of the dogs competing in the DockDogs competition Friday.

Robert Taylor gives his dog, Ridge, a Rhodesian ridgeback, a kiss before the DockDogs jumping competition on the Bluff. Ridge is a cancer survivor and has been competing in DockDogs for 3 years.

Quentin Werber of Saline, Kansas, sets up the stage for the DockDogs jump competition Friday on the bluff.