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The boys love their
bristle brush toy, but they have pulled out many of the bristles, spreading them all over the floor, and have bent the arch into a bit of a pretzel. Our intent was that it would be a type of self-grooming tool, but it has turned into a big
teething ring. So, we were really excited to run across a different type of brush toy at a cat store in Newport, Oregon. The first amazing thing was that in the middle of the old fishing bayfront area of Newport there was a store totally dedicated to cats, the second amazing thing was that the toy we wanted, the "
Feline Fantasy Brush" was on sale! Well, there were a few other purchases too, but that's another blog. We decided to keep the boxed toy outside for a few days since the boys had a "few" other new toys to play with. However, on one of our nightly trail walks, Uschi discovered the box, so we moved it inside to open later. Within a few hours, Tanj found the new location of the box, and we figured, "boy, they really want that toy..." Needless to say, they wanted the BOX.
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Uschi finds our toy "hiding place" outside.
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Later, Tanj finds the box too, and "fishes" inside.
We break down and bring the box out in the open.
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Hurry up and open the box!
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The boys help open the box...
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They seem a little impatient to get the brush out of the box...
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But once the brush is out, the boys only give it a brief
glance, and then get on with attacking the box.
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Somehow the photo of the brush is getting more attention
than the real thing!
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Wow, there's a hole here!
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Look Uschi, my head's in the hole!
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Uschi can't resist the attacking potential
of a "stuck" Tanj
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Uschi has to try fitting through the hole too...
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...and Tanj returns the pounce.
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Tanj brings
his mouse over to see the box
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and curls up on the box for a nap