Logan, I promise I will do everything I possibly can to make it work for Lila. I was in tears on my way to work this morning because of how frustrating everything was - her being unhappy in the crate last night, her pooping on the floor this morning, her being in a crate all day (after today)... I want to make this work, I just need a little help from either family or my husband allowing a pet-sitter to come in, and I'm just not getting it.

I guess we could try the babygate thing but Samantha's large enough she could just leap over it. I would be afraid that Lila would try to do the same.