Oh my, what a cutie pie!!! I like atlas too.... Ours was that way too, very calm and then she would eventually get pysco spurts. Zola is 7 months now, but we find it best to play with her right after work first, she gets tired and sleeps for about an hour or so, then we feed her, and she goes back to bed, its great! For the kennel, have you started out keeping it wherever you guys are? We started with it in the living room and trying to make it a fun thing without shutting the door, then at night its in our bedroom.