My little gymnast

With the new fencing (mostly) put up last weekend, I figured one way to test it's sturdiness was to put a very heavy object on it. Let's see how this goes:

Ooooh, dirty look - I guess he didn't appreciate the joke.

In all seriousness though, while assembling the fence I wanted to make sure that any rails that were along the top row were the ones that had flat-tops, just for this very reason - that way kitties could sit out on the fence and get a good view of the yard. Seems like Tucker likes it.

And of course, since it's something new, it needs to be marked...

And ALSO because he's outside in the fresh air, and with a new fence, it made him a little frisky/curious... "What is that piece of tech in your hands? I feel like I've seen it before..."

"I need to come smell it!"

"I'mmmmmm getting cloooooser! I'm gonnnnnna smellllll it!"

"Sniff. Sniff sniff."

"Oh. Nevermind - I know what that thing is..."

Tucker went back and forth between just sitting still on the fence, and then walking back and forth on it, tail twitching, super happy...

I was TRYING to get him on video as he was going to go over or around the posts separating the rails - only he was NOT cooperating. As you can see, Tucker's got a wee bit of "flab" - so maybe having him walk/balance on the fencing will be good exercise for him!

I figure in time he'll get more comfortable walking on the fence rails, and hopefully even to the point where he's ok with changing which "layer" of rails he's on. Right now he's a bit frustrated doing that. Doogie wasn't interested in the fence at all. Oh, and I don't know what got into Tucker...he'd hopped down and was just sitting there, and suddenly took off running to the house like he had demons on his back! Crazy cat...