Playing fetch

Playing fetch is a game that many parrots enjoy but it is not the traditional fetch-game that you may recognize from having played with your dog, for instance. No, this is the fetch-game 1.0  parrot-version, that is the game when you do the fetching and not your parrot. You may not notice it but your parrot is, in secret, training you to be just the obedient toy-fetching, cage-cleaning, snacks-giving human your parrot wants you to be. When your parrot plays fetch it is a simple game. The basic point of the game is simply to drop (no, toss across the entire room) the current foot held toy that your parrot is playing with. You, being the good and kind owner that you are, of course say something similar to: "oh, you poor thing, you dropped your toy!" And then you walk across the room, maybe drop to your knees to scout under the sofa and pick up the toy before walking back to your bird just to hand it over. It will not take many seconds before the toy has, once again, flown across the room like a flightless bird and landed with a thud someplace inconvenient. You might think that being a human you would figure out this evil little scheme that your parrot is enacting but no. As the good, kind human you are you once again follow the bidding of your feathered companion. And this may continue as long as your parrot is enjoying the game which, I can tell you, can be quite some time. Even if, and when, you figure out that you are actually being trained by your parrot you will probably just laugh it off and keep fetching. After all, you are the good, kind human and you still love your parrot to bits!