Your dog doesn’t do well with short leashes. The confinement. The control. Not to mention the emotional chafing. (Remind you of anyone you know?)

Do both of you a favor and trot by Spot, the pet-sitting service that just opened a homey, cage-free center in town.

More kiddie daycare than kennel, Spot has bright living rooms, play areas, and Lassie movies projected on the walls.

Drop your pooch off for a few hours of supervised fun. Or, when you must, leave him overnight: The owners rotate sleep shifts to keep an eye on pups ’round the clock.

A few more perks: baths, in-home care, and pickups and drop-offs in a converted school bus.

It’s the type of place even you’d look forward to roaming, too.

If, you know, you were a dog.

Spot for Dogs, 750 Ponce de Leon Place, suite 1, Virginia Highland (404-745-4243 or spotfordogs.com).