Reminds me of playing "Space Weasel" with my boyfriend's ferret: Pick up the ferret, to go the bedroom door. Front feet in one hand, back feet in the other, give the ferret a couple of swings. If he's not feeling it, he goes limp. Set the ferret back on the floor.
If he's in the mood, he gathers himself. Two more swings, launch, & ferret flies through the air & lands on the bed, ka-boings madly, war-dances, & falls off behind the bed, to come racing out again for another go.