One of the other reviewers also commented on this and asked for Figure 1 and much of the text to be moved to the supplemental material, so It’s also further explained in the supplementary material how it links to working and in lines 140-142 in the main text which now explains that many businesses were open again in October.
The article, “Impact of Changes in Owner Leaving Pattern on Separation-Related Behaviour in Pet Dogs in the UK” investigated whether the prevalence of SRB in dogs changed with changes in dog management during and after COVID lockdowns.