Meet the dog who gets the bus by herself

Eclipse is one smart pup.

Every week, the two-year-old black Labrador takes the city bus in her hometown of Seattle to go for a walk in the park by herself.

The independent pooch has become such a regular commuter that the bus drivers all know her as do many of the local residents so she's never short of people keeping an eye on her.

It all started when her owner Jeff Young took too long finishing a cigarette at a bus stop.

Having travelled to the park on the bus with Jeff many times, Eclipse knew the drill and boarded the bus by herself.

And, now, she's gotten into the habit of travelling solo.

"We get separated. She gets on the bus without me, and I catch up with her at the dog park," Eclipse's owner Jeff Young told KOMO News.

"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 says that Eclipse has become so used to the city that it's second nature to her now:

"She's been here the last two years, so she's been urbanized, totally. She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog.

"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."

HT: breakingnews.ie