I am totally confused about the craft thing.How does it work? When is she suppose to be let out and what happens at night during bed time? I bought a crate for her. Its not that big at all compared to her. But for some reason when I wake up or check on her I would find her laying on her pee and poo and I would take her 2 baths a day. Which was a bit crazy. Hehe. Thanks Mamadog for the encougement... . Congrads on getting through it hehe Although when i do get upset I have my own butt to kick cause I wanted the doggy hehe.
My little one Zeus is like that as well. Crate-training was a big failure for him. We even had the Vet check him over, because we were worried that something was wrong with him. Our Vet said that Zeus was just slow to devlope, but he would catch on. As far as the laying in his own offal, the Vet just laughed and said some dogs are just that unconcerned with their enviroments that they would do that.
Funny thing though, when we brought Apollo home, and Zeus watched Apollo go to the door and "ask" to be let out, he stopped within about two weeks. He still pees himself if he gets scared or startled (my ferocious coward) but accidents in the house are non-existant nowadays.
We cannot leave the boys unattended in the house though, as they have earned their nicknames "Jaws" and "The Shredder" for a *very* good reason! We have a large dog run with a enclosed "nest area" for them to romp in during the day while we are away at work. Funny thing, neither of them will deficate or urinate in their run. Apollo treats it the same as the house, and Zeus follows along admirably. Go figure!
Best of luck to you though, I hope your little one "gets it" soon!