A Dog Named Cooper

Cooper, the dog, has a monkey fetish. I discovered this a few months ago and the fetish has just grown with time. When we first adopted him, I had one of those flying monkeys that makes noise. I think it came in The Boy's stocking at Christmas. Cooper LOVED that monkey so much so that I bought several more as he destroyed them.

Then one day I stopped in Petsmart for a few things and found a Kong monkey toy. I bought it for him and he went nuts over it. Then various friends and family started bringing him monkeys. It has progressed to the point that he has names for the different monkeys. Ok, Mr. Polka Dot is the one who named the monkeys.

Flying Monkey(the name is self explanatory)
Tug Monkey(he's a tug of war monkey)
Friend Monkey (a Ty Beanie that he's managed to NOT destroy over the course of a month. He just carries it around in his mouth.)
Snug Monkey(Short for SnuggleBug Monkey because he takes it to bed each night.)
Squeak Monkey (A tug of war monkey who originally was Tug 2 Monkey, but Mr. Polka Dot decided that was too complicated.)

The reason this is so impressive is that Cooper knows EACH of his monkeys by name. He will bring you the monkey you ask him for. I tried to get a picture of Cooper with his Monkey Collection, however he runs from the camera. Lately, I've been rolling over in bed onto a monkey or two or three. It's really getting a little ridiculous.

My question is why the monkey fetish? What is it about MONKEYS?

My
dog
is
weird.