Melissa here, amused!
 
Now, I don't know why I picked Noodle, since he's (quote from a party-goer
this past weekend) 'dumb as a bag o' mosquitos' and much more easily
distracted than my other ferrets.  But, he seemed like the best candidate to
teach how to roll over.  Here's my progress, after three days of lessons,
using the Modern Ferret method from issue 4:
 
Day 1: Noodle gets hopelessly excited that I seem to be giving him treats
for no reason and runs away dooking and dancing uncontrollably.
 
Day 2: Noodle figure out that I want him to do something.  The look on his
face when this dawns on him is *priceless*.
 
Day 3: Hopeless dooking and dancing as he realizes i STILL want him to do
something, and that he gets a TREAT for it.  He stands there and stares at
me expectantly until I roll him over and give him a treat.  Bonus, he's
probably thinking, all I have to do is let her roll me around on the carpet,
and I get Petromalt!
 
More to come as the challenge continues!  I started the same training
process on Potpie, PhD, and we'll see who gets the idea first.  Hee.
 
Melissa, Potpie, Friday, n Noodles 'R' Kinda Not Very Brainy
 
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      Melissa Litwicki                              "Is it ... atomic?"
      [log in to unmask]                             "Yes! VERY atomic!"
[Posted in FML issue 1584]