Native Washingtonian, Helper extraordinaire, Mark Torrence knows his way around all things dog.  Currently, he is the Club Training Director and Helper at the Commonwealth Working Dog Club.  He is also the club President and Helper at the Greater Washington DC Schutzhund Group.

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In 2013 Mark worked as a Helper for the GSDCA-WDA Nationals competition where he was selected for tryouts for the 2013 WUSV World Championship.  After tryouts he was selected to be the Helper for the front half of the WUSV World Championship.  At the Championship in 2013, he worked over 100 dogs and received an excellent rating from the Judge.

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In 2014, Mark was selected as Helper for the 2014 WUSV World Qualifier competition.  He worked the back half and received an excellent rating from the Judge.  In 2016, he was selected to do the Back Half at the GSDCA Nationals at Purina Farms.  Later on that year he was selected to work the front half at the 2016 WUSV World Qualifier competition in Illinois.  In that same year, he worked the front half of DVG Nationals.  All of the 2016 events were done with consistent excellent ratings.

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In 2021, Mark was selected for the back half Helper role for the 2021 GSDCA Nationals.  He worked 30+ dogs and received an excellent rating.  Mark was also selected as Helper for the 2021 WUSV Combined World Qualifier competition, where he received a rating of excellent.