LIMA — The streets are crowded with traffic, both motorized and pedestrian, as people move from shop to shop browsing or looking for that hard-to-find item. After working up an appetite, shoppers stop by local eateries to get a hamburger or indulge in dessert. While this may evoke images of a bustling urban downtown, the sound of dogs howling and diving into the water reveal that this scene is from Max’s Trader Days and Water Dog Races, which officially kicked off Friday and will conclude today at the Allen County Fairgrounds.