I can tell you that when we adopted ours she was 3years old at the time and we were told she was potty trained... it took her over 2 months to really understand and know the rules of our house.
through the transition, remember they basically puppies for the first month or so until they are feeling more at home.
Keep working at getting her comfortable with the crate - or an xpen may work better since it is open on the top (ours could jump out of the xpen so that didn't work for us). Put her in there at all times during the day when you are home so that crate doesn't mean a bad thing. when she barks or whines you can do a penny can (a couple pennies in a can that you shake when she barks) and then say "quiet" or whatever word you want to use.
Also use treats or favorite toys when she is in the crate. With our rescue, we had to experiment with different types of crates until we found one she was not scared of. Then we have been working every day to put her in the crate several times every day while we are home to get her used to being in there. |