Animator Bar Not Showing

I have a problem where I go into play mode, and the animation that is set to default "seems" to run, but the blue bar on the current played state (not sure what to call it) does not show up. I tried numerous things to fix it. I tried deleting the transitions, playing, then adding them back, deleting the state altogether, playing, then adding it back, turning off Auto Live Link, playing, and turning it back on, and many other things to try and get it to work. If anyone has a suggestion, please let me know. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! :-)