The brushes spin, water sprays under pressure, and foam covers everything in seconds. For anyone else, going in there would be a nightmare. For this little dog, it was the best idea of the day.
He slowly approached, waited his turn behind a car as if he knew exactly what he was doing, and when the cylindrical brush came within reach, he didn’t hesitate: he leaned against it and let the massage do its job. Water, soap, and soft bristles moved along his back while the machine continued operating around him.
There was no owner pushing him and no one who had trained him for this. Just a stray dog who decided that the spa could be free too, and that everyone else’s fear didn’t have to be his.