We recentley brought home a 8 week old border collie (girl). The first night she cried all night so we bought a crate for her to go in of a night but i am wondering apart from the obvious what you have in your dog's crate? We have her bed, water bowl (which she keeps tipping over and flooding her crate), food bowl, toys and try and squeeze a pee mat in there. Can any one advise on this? Am i over crowding the crate? Also to try and help with sleeping i have a ticking clock, leave the light on (living room), put a blanket over the top and leave the radio on. However last night after most of the night crying i went down and turned the light and the radio off and she seemed to settle, until 6am. I am normally up at 6am so its not a problem, sorry for a long post but any help would be appreciated

Thanks Graeme