When you think of riding the bus, you probably don't think about riding it with a dog, but if you're in Seattle, you might do just that.
Seattle (King County) is one of the only cities in the U.S. to allow uncrated, un-muzzled non-service dogs to ride on public transit. According to Rover Daily Treat, King County allows large dogs to ride as long as they're leashed and pay the regular fare.
A few days ago, word spread about a rule breaking dog. Her name is Eclipse. She is a two-year-old Lab mix who regularly rides the King County Metro Transit to the dog park with her owner, Jeff Young. If he takes too long, however, she gets impatient and rides the bus to the park without him (sans fare). Huffington Post noted that when he doesn't ride with her, Young says he simply meets up with her at the park. He explains that "she's been urbanized, totally. She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog."
Although a dog riding the bus alone may be troubling to some, USA Today reports that all the bus drivers know her, and the other riders enjoy her company. "It's a good part of their day, and it works out for her, so I just let it go," is what a Metro Transit spokesman had to say about it. When she rides alone, she makes sure she can see out of the window so she doesn't miss her stop, and that's exactly what Miles Montgomery witnessed a week ago. He tweeted "Bus is full this morning" along with a selfie that included Eclipse.
Image via Twitter from Miles Montgomery