Hello and welcome to YT. Sorry this is late. I have not been on much due to crazy life and missed a lot of newbies. I am trying to find them and send a welcome to them.
On the crate training
An excellent resource book is "How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days". Is very helpful. They are not as easy to housebreak.
Here is the schedule that they are using. It seemed to work for Galen. Good luck
http://www.leecharleskelley.com/imag...sebreaking.pdf