Thanks Archie!
I FINALLY got the pen put up and little Pixel is in it as I type this (let's HOPE anyway LOL). I have it attached to his crate and running along the sliding glass door so he can see outside. I think he will like this much better
It turns out I was making it harder than it was by trying to use tools (socket wrench) to remove the pins when all it needed was my hand and more elbow grease
I am attaching a picture here, though the quality sucks since I just used my cell phone. I will trim the tarp so hopefully it doesn't look QUITE as tacky and as you can see, he was in it for one second and already flung his potty pad around LOL I now have a frame for the pad to go in, so hopefully that will solve that problem
You can almost see the peanut butter on the floor I used to coax him in the pen LOL
Mom to Hot Rod - Thanks! That's good to know and eases my mind a bit, since I put a tarp over mine and am worried he'll find a way out LOL He's part chi though, and I heard they are climbers and escape artists, so we'll see if he is still in there when I get home!
Thanks again for everyone's help!! I have a feeling I will be on here a lot now. Well, that is when I'm not cleaning up poop/pee or removing incorrect objects from Pixel's mouth - ha! lol