It's me again -- just got a new puppy -- they're getting along much better now, but of course there are new issues that I'm worried about

Background: I just picked up a new dog from a shelter last week -- he's a friendly happy 10 month old lab/spaniel mix, a new addition to my household that currently has a 4-year old lab mix.

I confine my current dog Smudge to the bedroom - he has a dog bed. Next to him is Pesto's crate (the new pup). Pesto does not like his crate. He has to be lured in there with a treat. At night, he's ok and settles as my husband and I are in the bed and he can see that.

In the morning before leaving for work, I put him in the crate and he cries and yips and yips a LONG time. I stood outside the door to the house and could hear the poor guy all the way upstairs. I stood there for about a minute or two - that was all I could handle - and still heard him cry. I have a fear that he yips and cries for hours

Smudge went through this but not as bad, and he learned to love his crate within a week, going in on his own. This little guy has been using the crate for almost a week and is actually getting worse and more vocal (probably because he's bonded to us more).

I'm so sad to leave him in there distraught and miserable.

I guess I'm looking for advice, or some consolation that this is the right thing to do. Do all dogs eventually get comfy in a crate? I'm afraid to leave him loose yet because this separation anxiety might be made worse if I didn't use a crate (as he'd tear apart the bedroom).

I've tried sitting calmly with him with him in the crate before leaving, and this didn't work either.

Ideas?

Thanks for the support!