pooping outside crate at night

[belle79]

okay so I think my Belle is part magician We've only had her alittle over a week and night time training has been somewhat difficult. I was getting up every few hours to let her go on her pad but more times than not she'd go between wake ups and start barking to tell me "umm could you please clean this mess", so I've since changed things around. I now have her bed in with her and the pee pad in the rear of the crate, so now she pees in her bed and somehow poops on the floor in front of the crate. She must be sticking her little tush against the grate and going on the floor so she doesnt have to deal with it she has no problem using the pads during the day(which are in another room) but hasnt quite caught on at night. Could it be she does not want to poop where she sleeps? She didnt seem to have problems doing that last week...