I have been watching some of Michael's training videos on YouTube. I am very impressed at how Kili is prepared to chase the ball, run around, roll over and generally cooperate with the regimen. However I was wondering how I might apply the techniques to my own pair of poicephalus. The trouble is that Michael has the full, willing participation of Kili while Bubble and Squeak are much more wilful. If I tried anything like that it would more likely go like this:
Me: "Chase the ball."
Squeak: "Chomp!" (bites my finger)
Me: "Owowowowow!"
Squeak: "Har har har!"
Me: "Play dead."
Bubble: (flies to the top of the curtains and hangs upside-down, cackling like a maniac)
Squeak: "Har har har!" (sits on my head and does a big poo.)
Me: "Eeuch!"
Me: "Bang!"
Squeak: "Chomp!"
Me: "Oh good grief!"
etc, etc, etc.