Finally making progress with SA after 6 months

Just wanted to share some hope for anyone struggling with separation anxiety because I was ready to give up so many times.

When we first got our rescue he couldnt even handle me walking to the mailbox. Full on panic, drooling, howling, the works. We tried everything - kongs, calming music, thunder shirts, nothing worked.

What finally helped was SUPER slow desensitization. Like painfully slow. We spent 3 weeks just doing door touches without leaving. Then another month on being outside the door for literally 5 seconds at a time. Building up to 30 minutes took almost 4 months.

Hes now up to 2 hours alone!! Still have a camera on him and he mostly just sleeps. Never thought wed get here tbh.