Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. Here’s an unexpected challenge for some pet owners who are heading back to work after a long-run working from home: Pets are experiencing separation anxiety. Local trainers tell News10NBC that the pandemic has caused some bad behaviors, a few of which have been made worse when owners head back to work. There’s also been an apparent uptick in animal abandonment because of some of these behaviors.