She loves hugs and the color red. Her pet peeves include cat people and being stared at while pooping. She’s Eclipse, Seattle’s Bus Riding Dog! What’s so special about an urban dog riding a bus, you ask? Eclipse rides Seattle’s D-line five stops to the local dog park – by herself! After riding with her owner, Jeff Young each day, Eclipse grew tired of waiting for him to finish his morning cigarette. One day she decided to hop on by herself, and has been doing it ever since!
But don’t worry, just because Young sometimes misses the bus, Eclipse is far from alone when she rides! She is quite the Seattle celebri-dog and her fellow travelers are more than happy to look out for her.
The five-year-old “Black Mastador” (that’s not a species of dinosaur, it’s a Mastiff/Labrador mix) trots along the aisle until she finds an open seat. She often rides next to strangers, using her canine charms to convert them into friends by the time her stop rolls around!
Eclipse even has a following of devoted fans who call themselves Ecliptomaniacs. They think she’s the coolest thing to come out of the Emerald City since the Space Needle – as far as iHeartDogs is concerned, they are correct!
Eclipse has become such a staple of Seattle life that the King County Department of Transportation created a music video featuring the precocious pooch! It features her enjoying an eventful day off in Seattle, “visiting everywhere she likes to go with the new Puget Sound Trip Planner App.” Enjoy!
Featured Image via Facebook/Eclipse Seattle’s Bus Riding Dog
via Whisker Therapy