Thanks so much for your responses to my post. I will follow your advice and see how that works. I love the little guy (smokie) a whole lot and he is good company. I am retired since last year so I am home with him a lot. I leave him in the playpen while I am at the "Y" for 2-3 hours Mon-Thurs. This is my first week of leaving him. I take him out of the playpen to let him potty when I get home. I guess he is tired of being pinned up for those few hours and want out for longer than a few minutes. I also feed him when I get home and he gets upset when I put him back in to eat. I will learn what works for him as I go along. He definitely has his own personality. I must take control and I will.......
