Pogo's new trick

Pogo can now turn off our hall light on command (see video below). The next step is to train him to toggle the switch in both directions. Good thing he doesn't seem inclined to do it randomly on his own.

Spring scootering

Our beautiful snow is melting in this 40 degree weather, so I took Pogo and our neighbor's dog Daisy out scootering along the bike trail today. It went well, and the dogs sped up as we got closer to the dog park.


At the dog park, we met another standard poodle who likes to pull. Hopefully Pogo and Daisy managed to convince her how much fun dog pulling sports are.

Team Oodle in the Dells

Team Oodle ran well at the Christmas Mountain Village dogsled race yesterday. Musher Annie stayed upright and did not finish last this time! Here they are in the starting chute, with Summer and Pogo in lead:

I was excited to get to try a dorsal hitch dog sulky after the race. The suspension and brakes worked well, and I was amazed at how smooth the ride was. Boy would I love one of these!

One guy built his own dogsled out of skis and hockey sticks:

And I enjoyed this scene: