thanks so much for the advice! Makes me feel a whole lot better that it's just because of her age (for the most part). As for the crying, my husband and I do ignore her, she eventually stops but we don't want her to hate her crate/pen, we tried getting her slowly used to her crate it doesn't seem to work, she won't play in it, she will occasionally nap there but we have to keep the door open otherwise she'll freak out. I'll def. try the pineapple and maybe get a bell for her too