Originally posted by cfuh
Thank you so much for the great responses. :-)

I actually went home today at lunchtime and she was squeaking as usual in the crate. She wouldn't calm down so I eventually let her out. I proceeded to ignore her (making her and my lunch) while she cried. She calmed down quite faster than usual which was nice. After 10 min, I played with her after potty time and 10 min before I left, I ignored her again. She was better going into the crate but as soon as I walked out of her sight, she started to cry again (no peeps out of me though).

As for the crate, I do have a divider that gives her enough room.

Thanks again everyone!!!!
By letting her out you were basically reinforcing this unwanted behavior. I understand the constraints at lunch time so you probably didn't have the patience or time to deal with this correctly. However, you need to make sure you eventually get her to realize that she is not going to get rewarded for this kind of bad behavior in the future. Work with her a night, perhaps in the morning, and especially over the weekends. You will both be happier if she understands that YOU make the rules and NOT her!