2 more thoughts if you're not tired of reading yet:
While she is pottying outside, softly say "go potty"(or whatever you want your cue to be). Say it every time that she is doing it right. Before too long, she'll learn to go when you tell her to.
Also, IF she is staying dry in the crate, you might can stretch her bladder a little. After she has successfully pottied outside, she gets a few minutes of free play time (just be sure that you end it BEFORE she pees on the floor) and then she goes into the crate for a few minutes. This way, she learns the sensation of holding it. To begin with, these lengths of time will be quite short - maybe 20 minutes play time followed by 20 minutes in the crate, then outside again. You can gradually increase the length of both play time and crate time, but what you DON"T want to do is leave her long enough to have an accident in the crate.
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