A SOUTHAMPTON bus company is providing vital experience for guide dogs in training. Bluestar has teamed up with Guide Dogs to help provide some vital bus travel experience for puppies in training. The bus company previously offered free travel across Southampton for staff, volunteers and their canine trainees, to give pups a chance to get used to hopping on-and-off buses. Now, restrictions during the pandemic have prevented this crucial aspect of their education. “We were contacted by the charity, Guide Dogs, who were concerned that they couldn’t progress travel training for puppies in Southampton during the Covid-19 pandemic - so we came up with an idea to help,” said Nikki Honer, Bluestar head of communications.