The bigger they are...  

I only have a dog, and yes she's a goofball, but mostly she's just Spunky and I couldn't imagine life without her. She and I played in the first snowfall of the season today that didn't melt by lunchtime and it was a hoot to watch her try to stay airborne so that she didn't get her paws wet. lol

Awwww! Poor little guy! That sounds painful! Ow! Is he okay?

Hmm...I wonder, is klutziness contagious? You know me, I have a terminal case of "dropsy!" And he did visit when he was young!

Maggiepie
STALKERS WILL BE EATEN BY AN ATTACK CAT!___>^..^<

Hey Elic! I hope Oliver is alright! My two crazy cats do all
kinds of acrobatics and jump from the highest places and I
always worry that they are going to really get hurt! But, they
seem to land pretty well even from the highest places, even
though some of the landings are a bit off! They seem to go craziest
at night, as most cats do and my cat Star seems to be the most
daring! Luna is not into heights! He seems to get into closets
and behind cabinets and the sofa and other tight spaces! But,
Star is the climber! He jumps from the tops of the kitchen cabinets
like they are on the floor! And he makes me so nervous because
sometimes he just misjudges the distances and falls pretty hard!
But, he never seems any worse for wear! Poor Oliver! I guess
some of them never do learn!lol

My Whiskers is the exact same way. Only he falls from higher up. He has this knack when he's in mountain lion mode to literally run up the security screen door and perch on the main door. But sometimes he gets the main door moving when he jumps on it and ends up doing just like Oliver and grabbing for air as he goes tumbling. Usually he'll fall onto the sofa behind the door. But once in a while the dork will fall the other way clear to the floor. And of course then he looks at ME as if to say "mom why the heck did ya push me off the door?" LOL

Oliver sounds like quite a character.

What about his 4th paw? A gentleman, perhaps? I can just picture his bewildered look as if to say "What just happened here is just between us, got it!". lol He sounds like he's quite the entertainer but most cats usually are. Tigger is my current goofball but I've had a few others in my life. Kaus was just that..chaos, spelled different. Out of all the cats we've had the great pleasure of being owned by, I can't remember where she came from for the life of me. All I remember is she was one kitten who did not fit in with our household. She terrorized the dogs and other cats repeatedly until they were all begging to go outside just to get relief. We ended up finding her a home with a senior guy who had recently lost his wife and looking for companionship in animal form. From what I heard later on, she brought him back to life and cherished each other. Man that cat was 'wild'. Tigger? eh..he just bounces off walls and furniture. Thought for sure his broken leg would permanently stop him but nope..he's back at it again. -rolls eyes- You would think he would be in constant pain with it broke but he's still using it, just not as much as he used to.

You're right! I can relate. I hear the sound of claws sliding down a wall and know that one of the brothers has done something stupid. Khuay is the king of goofball stunts. The other day he saw something in the dog's play pen and he tried to reach in and grab it, but it didn't work. He jumped up on my office chair and leaned over for a better look in the pen. That didn't satisfy him so he checked and saw that the Dachshunds were sleeping, so he jumped into the pen. Unfortuneately he didn't turn off the sound on his feet and landed with a thump! The dogs woke up and surrounded him, washing him like crazy. Little Bit also plucked hair (he likes pulling hair out of cats for some reason, he doesn't hurt them, but they get all kinds of "Cat Licks" from it) so by the time Little Bit and Monica were done, in 45 seconds, Khuay was soaking wet! He jumped straight up and over the barrier and raced for under my bed where it was warm and he could dry off.

I know there are graceful cats out there, somewhere. I just don't get them. Of course I don't really want one who is graceful as they wouldn't be as much fun as the pair I have! If they aren't falling off things, they are falling into things like the toilet! Also it would leave me without anything to post on the lot!

That's a cute story. Those cats keep u entertained, lol. My dog is about like me too old to do tricks anymore. Darn it, for both of us.

Hmm. Just by the bye,' you identified each of 3 paws' characteristics, but that leaves one unaccounted for. Are you saving for some 4th, possible, as-yet unrevealed trait/identity? Or for some other reason?

Maggiepie
STALKERS...BEWARE ATTACK CAT!___>^..^<

Oliver sounds like such a character; I hope he doesn’t hurt himself any more! We have a new kitten. He is 2and half months old and a crazy goofball! Like all kittens he is extremely cute and I had forgotten what handful young cats are! He has already broken my favourite vase and ripped into my jacket and I am sure there is plenty more mischief for him to get to! I found him in the rubbish bin the other day, he was stuck and could not get out and when I pulled him out he was covered in filth so he had to have his first bath after only two days in his new home. His name is Hewy and I can’t hear him right now…I better go and check what he’s up to...