Pam, Bella sounds like Bandit. I'm always in a mad rush in the mornings and I constantly forget things. I run up and down the stairs 10 times to retrieve things. Bandit is on my heels each time. If I got out to get the mail or take out the garbage and don't take him with me he stands at the door whimpering. Jeffrey on the other hand will have a blast wheter I'm there are not. Since he's been at my Mom's (I visit him almost every weekend) he runs toward the car as soon as I turn in the driveway and follows until I park. I get huge kisses until he sees Bandit and then I'm ignored.