But as a dog trainer who specializes inseparation anxiety, she’s recently been inundated with clients.
“I won’t sugarcoat it.
It’s much harder if people haven’t prepared in advance,” she said.
“Keep your little furry friend in mind because it’s a drastic transition.”
Unfortunately, many pet owners have slept on the preparedness front.
For those who have yet to get an RTO order, DeMartini recommends acting like one is coming anyway.
As the return-to-office push has continued, more and more pet owners are finding themselves in a pickle.
He’s also getting clients as people move to the area because of RTO asks.
“We are living in a fur baby age,” he said.
one Redditor wrote in January on a forum for federal employees.
So what, exactly, is one to do?
Sending your dog to day care is a decent option for workers, but it has its limitations.
For one thing, it’s expensive.
Fugate said that it’s not clear whether RTO has been a major driver of pet returns.
Even those who keep their dogs now may be hesitant about adopting again if they have a negative experience.
Separation anxiety can manifest in various ways.
Some dogs bark or howl endlessly.
Some give a shot to escape.
Others will urinate or defecate out of worry.
There are tactics people can deploy to ease their dog’s stress if they do indeed have separation anxiety.
A lot of it is a matter of practicing alone time.
“It’s very similar to exposure therapy that we’ve used with humans.”
As an aside here, cats are a bit of a different story.
(If you have a cat, you probably know this.)
She also recommended making sure the animal doesn’t have some sort of underlying medical condition.
Then maybe you do have a problem."
Thepush and pull between employers and employeesto get work back into the office is not going away.
As companies feel they have more leverage, many will do what they can to get workers back in.
And workers who have become accustomed to the flexibility of remote and hybrid arrangements will continue to resist.
Pets are unwittingly caught up in the battle.
Emily Stewartis a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy.
