Bentley has his first week of success with no chewing within the home! For many months he had been causing some rather serious damage to his owners home whenever they were gone. Having owners who trained Bentley so diligently to follow obedience commands has drastically accelerated my ability to help his owners rehabilitate him. He easily master down and stay out of a person's sight for 45 minutes each day, although it was a big challenge the first two days. He also became desensitized easily to his perceived cues that his owner was leaving. This has made him an excellent student.
With the usage of modern technology it is easy for us to observe Bentleys behavior without even being present. This whole week there was no barking or whining and he spent nearly all of his time chewing on a fresh marrow bone which is provided each morning before his owners leave for work.
Bentley's next level of correcting his separation anxiety includes teaching him how to cope with being alone in a new place. Luckily his owners own a beach house piece of property that Bentley has never visited. They plan to start the behavior modification program from the beginning to be certain that he is successful there as well. They picked a great weekend to begin this important step of his rehabilitation, as it is going to be a hot weekend!!!!