Team Oodle in Naperville

On Saturday, we had fun dog sledding. We gathered a 5-dog team consisting of three doodles, a poodle, and a husky in Naperville. Here are Pogo and his buddy Summer during their pre-game strategizing session:I took this video while driving the team with Summer's mom, Annie:

Team Oodle at Winterfest

Pogo ran in his first sled dog race today at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Winterfest. He was part of a 3-dog team along with his goldendoodle buddy Summer, driven by Annie on her kicksled. Team Oodle came in last partly due to a tangle at the beginning but finished the race and enjoyed the scenery (and apparently also peeing on the scenery). I was proud of Pogo for pulling hard. Thanks to our other neighborhood Fluffy Dog, Daisy, for helping him train earlier this week.

After the race, I took Summer and Pogo out to try the kicksled myself
and found this historic bridge (see video):

For more photos from the race and ice caves we visited afterward, check here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/chaopricha/WinterFestOodles?authkey=Gv1sRgCNuoq_2Qpt2Y7QE#

Skatejoring!

It turns out that Pogo is good at pulling people on ice skates, too! Wingra Lake was smoother today than I've ever seen it before. Pogo pulled me and Pat together all the way across the lake without our help. Here's him getting warmed up:
He also gave "rides" to several of our friends: