One pooch was tired of waiting for her owner to take her to the park – so she figured out how to take public transit all by herself.
Eclipse, a black lab-gold mastiff mix, has learned how to to take Seattle’s D-Line without her owner.
She has become a regular on the bus and now bus drivers know her, she knows exactly what stops to get on and off, and usually looks for a window seat for the ride.
So how did this all start:
It all started when Eclipse’s owner, Jeff Young, started taking her to the dog park using that bus route, he told KOMO. Sometimes, the bus would come while Young was finishing his cigarette, so Eclipse would jump on without him, getting off at the stop for the dog park. Eventually it became a habit, and Eclipse was able to go to the park and back without Young.
Young still accompanies Eclipse on some trips. He said he gets a call about once a week, though, from a well-meaning stranger who has spotted Eclipse alone on the bus and thinks she is lost.
“I have to tell them, ‘no. She’s fine.’ She knows what she’s doing,” he said.
Watch Eclipse in action here:
