I think he will get the laundry trick pretty fast since he's got basketball down now.
The lightswitch is waaaay easier to teach if you have those kind of switches that are the big and flat kind rather than the original little ones. I've taught Uni the "tap" command, which is basically I point or touch a surface or object and say tap and she will go over to it and put her paws or nose on it. If it's within reach she uses her nose. If it's up higher or far away she'll use her paws. Now if she was only tall enough to reach the switches.
