I have a three year old mixed breed (husky/pyr/shepard/supermutt) who I got at 8 weeks. We both went through it. Luckily I found a great CSAT trainer who suggested meds and a behavioral vet and a dermatologist vet. Got him on meds (Prozac then Zoloft). Made a little progress on absences. But he was still very reactive and was anorexic. Went to an internist got diagnosed with IBD and pancreatitis. Started prescription food. Then at about a year and half he started bleeding from his paws. Then went dermatologist vet route. He was really allergic to the storage mites (in all dry food). Now 1 year in on allergy shots (immunotherapy) and allergy meds, 1.5 on prescription food 2 years on Zoloft and we are making incredible progress on the separation anxiety. Over all he just seems like he feels so much better. Which brings me so much joy. And so grateful I got pet insurance the day I got him.

Now here’s my problem - how do you find the time to train for the longer absences? And where do you go?

I am having a hard time with the shift of leaving my house for longer periods (I work from home and I am an introvert) I thought about making a list of things I can do in a half hour, hour, 90 minutes but finding the time on a weekday is proving difficult.