Conference misery::feline_v1

    Hey!!! Maybe it has to do with good looking cats!?!?!
    
    Bob is *gorgeous* - all black and white and long hair and perfect
    everything.  Except - he has less coordination than an adolescent
    boy.  We laugh at him all the time.  You know how most cats can
    walk along very narrow fences and the like?  Well, not Bob.  He
    was walking along the kitchen counter and when he came to the sink
    and had to walk on the narrow area between the sink and the edge,
    he couldn't do it - fell right off and landed on top of the dog
    who just looked up with disgust and decided to chase Bob away.
    
    Bob also likes to sleep up on the back of the sofa (a habit I am
    trying to break with the new sofa just delivered - but that's another
    story)  Anyway, he *always* manages to roll over in his sleep and,
    kerplunk - one cat in your lap.  Lucky it is against the wall!!!
    
    The other funny thing about him is the way he jumps down from being
    held.  My other cat is very graceful (as is Bandit, the visiting
    cat) but Bob looks like he isn't sure how to put it all together.
    Legs go every which way and he often lands on his tummy.  We have
    taken to putting him down on the floor for fear he will injure himself.
    
    Glad to hear there are other klutzy cats - --
    
    Ellen

    My cats aren't quite as klutzy as the previously mentioned kitties,
    but they do occasionally miss a jump or fall of something at which
    time they always look at me and say "I meant to do that!".
    I just say "Oh yes, of course."  Wouldn't do to offend their pride.
      Nancy DC
    

    RE .2
    
    My Sheba and Sity are very sensitive about being klutzy. With their
    advancing years, they miss the jumps a little more often ...and
    if you offer them sympathy or laugh at them they become totally
    annoyed with the whole world for a while. I've learned to "not notice"
    and they seem to appreciate it.
    
    Brings to mind something I noticed when I used to work at the vet's
    every day. I wonder if others have noticed the same thing. When
    dogs were recovering from surgery or illness they would respond
    well to a little sympathy. ...In fact, they thrived on it. Cats,
    however, seemed to appear to "give in" to the illness a little more
    when offered sympathy. A little praise and admiration would often
    have them perking up, washing themselves and looking happier..
    
    ....and then there was the time that Sity ran the length of the
    sofa on to the top of the long aquarium ..intending to run up the
    stairs beyond. ..Only this time the tank top was open. Sity hit
    the bottom and was out again in one jump. My son Mike, resting on
    the sofa, was soaked, but Sity had moved so fast she was almost
    completely dry! For months after that she would come to a screeching
    halt next to the tank, touch it gingerly to assure it was closed,
    and then resume her helter-skelter race up the stairs.
                                  
    Linda
    

    
    
         my boy jack is pretty klutzy, but only when he's affectionate!
     you see, he rolls over on his back to have his belly rubbed and
    gets so comfy and really into it...then he gets closer to the edge
    ofthe couch and whammo! he rolls off.....without even realizing
    it was going to happen!!! then he looks up at me like...why did
    you do that???   i think he's just too pre-occupied with the 
    intense feeling of the belly rub that he's just not paying
    attention.......but it is funny to see!!!
    
    
        kat
    
    
    

    
    
    	my little munchkin likes to sit on the couch and chase
    	her tail...around and around and around and...kerplunk!
    	right on the floor. Then she looks at me like "Mom, what
    	happened? you were supposed to CATCH me!"  or she'll be
    	chasing our 4 year old kitty until crash...right into the
    	food bowl proceeding to spill it all over the kitchen floor.
    	"where did THAT come from?"
    
    	what a cutie....now if I can only keep her away from the
    	Christmas tree....
    
    	JJ
    

	My Tsunami was very klutzy when I got her, but she was still on her
little kitten legs.  Now that she's a "mature" 9 months, I hardly ever
catch her making a mistake.
	Her favorite feat is to run all the way from the living room into the
bathroom.  From there it's kind of fuzzy because she goes from the floor to 
the toilet to the towel bar to the top of the shower door  before I know it.
When she reaches the top of the shower door, she is always perfectly
balanced.
	When I do catch her being klutzy, though, I too get to see that
"I meant to do that" look.

-Becky