Oh no, Mr. Bear

This is my dog, Bear. He’s the only one in the house who swims more than I. Which leads him to think that he owns the pool and no one is allowed into the pool without him nearby.
He also patrols the pool and doesn’t let anything in it without his permission. In short, he’s a skimmer with teeth. Chopping up stray leaves, bees and other floaty things.
He also believes if it is in the pool he should get to play with it. Which explains his affront at the floating chlorinator that has a dolphin on top. He has bitten it several times but quickly spits it out.
Lately, the kids have started taking blue raquetballs into the pool to throw against the block wall and catch. Mr. Bear either blocks the ball or catches it then dumps it into the dirt so the kids won’t get it. During the past week, he’s taken to hiding them, but too bad for him I found his stash and threw all six balls into the water.
He looked at them.
then looked at me.
then back to them.
I went inside. When I came back five were gone and the sixth was in his mouth.

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