At least he has the sense to make the object of his desire a live one. Poor Ripley has had a life long love affair with an Oscar the Grouch puppet. Whenever he finds Oscar he bites him on the back of the head, drags him out in to the den and goes to it. He has impeccable timing too. Seems like he really likes to do this when company is over. He also likes to bring Oscar on the bed while we are sleeping. Now that's a gross thing to wake up to.

My husband has put Oscar away in a closet but Ripley knows how to open doors and when the mood strikes, here comes Oscar.

Oh yeah, Ripley has been neutered for over 11 years now - that doesn't seem to matter to him.