Trixie is crate trained. But because my husband was gone for a while and Trixie got spayed and was so sad, she slept in my bed for a couple of nights. I loved it, because she wouldn't cry at 5:30am to go out. My husband wants her in her crate, so I've been putting her back in her crate again. The first few nights she cried a lot, but now she's getting used to it again. And when she cries early in the am, I take her out and put her in our bed for the last hour or so. I am having no problem with her pottytraining while in the bed. She stays in bed as long as I am.
My husband will be leaving again for a few months, and winter is coming. So I think I might actually put her back in my bed.
I am afraid I am confusing her a little.