Watch this dog take herself to the park by riding solo on a city bus

Black lab mix Eclipse has taught herself a new trick: Get on a bus, ride it for a few stops, and then get off once it arrives at the dog park.

The Seattle dog knew that when the bus came to pick her and her owner, Jeff Young, up at the stop in front of their apartment, they'd wind up at the dog park. One day, Young was smoking when the bus arrived, and eager to make it to her destination, Eclipse hopped on board, leaving Young behind. This turned into a weekly ritual. "I catch up with her at the dog park," Young told KOMO News. "She gets on in front of her house and she gets off at the dog park, three or four stops later."

Although she does do things that the average passenger shouldn't do — like lick the windows — Eclipse is loved by her fellow riders and the bus drivers. "She's been urbanized, totally," Young said. "She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog." --Catherine Garcia

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