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SEATTLE (UPI) -- A black lab in Seattle has become a familiar face to bus drivers and passengers who have gotten used to the canine taking solo trips on public transport.

Commuters in the Belltown area said they have become accustomed to the sight of 2-year-old Eclipse climbing aboard the bus without human accompaniment and settling into a window seat before getting off at her destination -- the dog park.

"All the bus drivers know her. She sits here just like a person does," bus rider Tiona Rainwater told KOMO-TV. She makes everybody happy. How could you not love this thing?

Miles Montgomery, a local radio host tweeted pictures he took of Eclipse when he met the Labrador on the bus.

Bus is full this morning pic.twitter.com/vBPffAh79J— Miles Montgomery (@MilesKISW) January 9, 2015

"The dog gets off at the dog park. I just look out the window and I'm like, 'did that just happen?'" Montgomery said. She was most concerned about seeing out the window, and I couldn't figure out what that was. It was really just about seeing where her stop was.

Eclipse's owner, Jeff Young, said he and Eclipse take the bus to the park a few times a week, but she will leave without him if she gets impatient.

 

"We get separated. She gets on the bus without me, and I catch up with her at the dog park," Young said. It's not hard to get on. She gets on in front of her house and she gets off at the dog park, three or four stops later.

Young said Eclipse is not intimidated by city life.

"She's been here the last two years, so she's been urbanized, totally. She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog," he said. Probably once a week I get a phone call. 'Hi. I have your dog Eclipse here on 3rd and Bell.' I have to tell them, 'no. She's fine.' She knows what she's doing.

Dog takes the D line to the dog park, by herself. Meet Eclipse, the dog that loves the bus. #liveonkomo w/ @MilesKISW pic.twitter.com/82lEUkQrYJ— Eric Jensen (@EricJensenTV) January 13, 2015

A Metro Transit spokesman said the agency is pleased to serve Seattle residents of all species, but the dog "would be much safer in the world if she had her owner on a leash."


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