August is a 10 year old Australian Shepherd in Lake Lotawana with confinement anxiety. Left alone or shut behind a door, he howled for roughly four hours without stopping. Across 10 sessions between 19 June and 22 July 2026, Marquis Dog Training coached calm departures and the wait-out door method, then built a structured crate routine and layered in an off interrupt that rewards the silence rather than the release. Within five weeks he was settling quietly behind a closed door for the longest stretch in over ten days, and holding calm in his kennel for up to about 16 minutes. A decade of practised panic still moved. Age is not the ceiling.
First session · 2026-06-19
August, a 10-year-old Aussie with confinement anxiety, went from roughly four hours of nonstop howling to settling and staying quiet behind a closed door for the longest stretch in over 10 days after Benny coached calm departures and the wait-out door method.
Outcome signal: Improving
Most recent session · 2026-07-22
August settled and held calm in his kennel for up to about 16 minutes with the door closed, and got quicker at going down and staying quiet as the session went on. Benny layered in an ‘Off’ interrupt for barking paired with rewarding the silence.
Outcome signal: Improving