WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Greylock Canine Club's Bow Wow Bus took its inaugural field trip Friday morning to the Spruces.

 

"It just gives the dogs a change of scenery," Greylock Canine Club owner Pete Umbrianna said, holding back his dog Quinn and her walking mate Lemon. "They have a beautiful big play area, but it is nice for them to see different things. And it is a socialization thing."

 

Greylock Canine Club, a dog day-care at 1099 New Ashford Road, refurbished an old school bus to transport dogs. The seats are fastened with special hooks to keep the dogs stable but allow them the flexibility to look out the window. The bus even has a working "dogs loading sign" that flips off the side of the bus.

 

The bus rolled into the Spruces around 10 a.m. Friday morning. Instead of children's limbs hanging out the windows, snouts poked out.

 

Greylock Canine Club Manager and bus driver Molly Smith said the ride went well.

 

"It was easy," she said. "We did it one by one."

 

Employee Nolan Gageant said, like any excited student on the day of a field trip, the dogs knew it wasn't a normal day.