Great advice many thanks, and the crate training article is also very detailed and useful.

Suki is doing really well, she is sleeping in her crate at night no problem (with door open still at the moment) and we've now moved it to the opposite side of our room near the door. Hoping to move it into the room next to ours in the next few nights so she's not sleeping in our room at all.

We are getting up at about 5.30am to let her out to the toilet which is also working.

I'm now going to start training her to let us close the door to the crate. Going to start off with short periods as the article says and try to build it up. I'm also leaving food and treats in there and training her to go in there when I say 'bed'. Fingers crossed this method works.

Can I just say to anyone reading this article that many people (including the vet) told us to put her in the crate and leave her all night. This has NOT worked for us and just made her be scared of her crate - something we're now working to rectify. Depending on your dog you'll need to alter what you do to suit them - I guess some dogs take to it quicker than others.