We've had Trixie now for a little over a week. She is 14 weeks old, we tried doing both the potty pad & outside training. But she's still going in the house everywhere. We finally had to stop the pad training when we found our 16 month old daughter carrying around Trixie's poop!!!! I have a crate and I keep hearing about crate training, I'm not exactly sure what crate training is. Can someone explain how do I crate train? How long should I keep her in the crate throughout the day. Some say a few hours and some say all day unless they are eating or eliminating. I'M SOOOOO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!