That makes sense. My other dogs follow me around all the time and usually the cats are close somewhere. I'm talking about a section of my kitchen that I have set up like a play pen. She cries when she's in it. If we are there with her she's fine and will do all those puppy things. As soon yhough as we leave her alone in it, and are just a few feet away, she freaks out. She won't play or anything.
I'm not trying to be mean, heck she even helped me clean out thr kitty litter earlier, so 98% of the time she is with us, it's just that other 2% like during supper or going to the bathroom and other such things.