"You're even less helpful than Bear," John comments, brushing his hands off on his pants as he rises from his crouch. "And I doubt he'd be happy if I brought you home."

Bear isn't an aggressive dog, not just for the sake of aggression, but he's an alpha. He responds brilliantly to John and Harold both -- and to Shaw, he thinks with a pang of regret -- but he's not likely to want to share his space.