Peanut takes the subway!

Dogs aren’t usually allowed on the subway unless they are in a carrier but I think MTA employees & the NYPD have more pressing things to worry about than pets & their owners taking the 4/5 uptown.

I’ve taken Peanut on the subway before and because I was worried about breaking the rules & paying the fine (which I heard is $25), I’d carry him in an oversized Ikea bag. You know, those big ugly blue ones? Peanut is a small dog but he’s not small enough for those tiny carriers they sell @ Petco.

Just before I left for Spain, a couple friends and I took Peanut to Rockefeller Center to see the Christmas tree. I had just started taking Peanut on the subway and he was surprisingly well-behaved in that bag. This was seriously the ONLY thing he’d fit in! Believe me, I tried! Alyssa and I went to the pet store one day to look for a decent carrier. He was too big for the largest one!

HAHAHAHA, he’s so cute. Look at him! He was so unhappy trying to fit in that carrier!

Anyway, I’ve seen owners carry their pets on the subway so I figured it’d be okay for me to do the same. I always bring the Ikea bag JUST IN CASE someone gives me a hard time. No one’s said anything negative yet, so woohoo!

Peanut definitely attracts attention on the subway. He’s so frickin nosy, though! All the new scents drive him wild and he just HAS to sniff EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. For the most part, people don’t care and are understanding. The other day, though, we were on the subway and he would NOT stay still. He was trying to smell the woman next to me and she got pretty irritated.. oh well.

He’s such a good commuter!

Sometimes we’ll take cabs and I think he enjoys those rides more because he likes feeling the air on his face. Honestly, I’m not trying to brag or anything, but I’m so lucky to have such a great dog. He’s so smart and he’s acclimated to the move so easily and quickly, it’s amazing. Peanut is one in a million! And he knows it!