When my boys were young, I used a crate inside a crate. I had the large crate for my lab when she was young probably the same size you are using and then the smallest crate they sold inside that. It gave my puppies the little den they craved. I had the crate and food/water dish on one side and the puppy pad on the other. At night, I closed my boys up in the small crate and brought it into my room. This helped my boys to no go in their crate and on their pads |