Any one have a landscaping set up to accomodate your doggies

yall....i have 2 very rotten little doggies....they have their own pool for the summer; the other day when i was looking at the area where their pool is i realized that i HATE their 'blue' swimming pool standing out like a sore thumb; everything else looks great except for this stupid blue pool....granted i love my doggies...but my brain starting thinking about painting the pool....maybe something earthy to match where they are....(it is only a tiny pool...about 3 or 4 feet in diameter...)i then started thinking about landscaping around the pool.....but what a hassle when i clean out the pool once a week....i just lift it up and pour it out; THEN, i started thinking i should just submerge the pool into the ground!!!!! yowza!!!! am i nuts? i will photo the area tommorrow...it is sort of a cottagey feel to it and so would love for the pool to not stand out like a sore thumb....but at the same time i am not going to get rid of it....they love it so much...

anyone else nutso like me and have a landscaped concept to hide an eye sore....(i even thought about buying one of those black things that are used to make a pond in your back yard....but this poo l was only 10 bucks and it works except for the color....any one??