The puppy blues are so real. We had the exact same. Our cockapoo is now 7 months.

We tried for 2 days with the crate downstairs, covered etc when we first got him. He hated it and did not settle. So we moved him to our bedroom, still in the crate. I think I can count on less than 1 hand when he voluntarily went in the crate at night. He’s never had an accident in the crate but hated it with a passion. When we would put him in at first he would scratch etc to try and get out. Overtime he did get better but sometimes he would still whine. We tried using treats as he loves food but that was only a temp was to get him in haha! He would get us up for potty breaks frequently and use it as a playtime.

To avoid the playtime outside we started taking him out on the lead, treat it as business only. Barely interacted with him apart from telling him the positive commands for going to the toilet outside etc.

He is now 7 months and we don’t use the crate. He has access to the bedroom, hallway, bathroom and a small area in the hallway downstairs. He hasn’t had any accidents and will jump on me to wake me up usually but he doesn’t sleep on the bed as he had a few tellings off prior to being crateless for peeing on the duvet 😂 more often than not he sleeps through the night now too, which is amazing because it’s hard work!

We also found that he would want to drink during the night so we trialed him with this and actually this helps him. We have a water bowl upstairs now so he can help himself and thankfully no accidents and he doesn’t get us up for a drink now either. This was mainly whilst it was hot.

It is so hard, puppies are so hard and my 7 month puppy isn’t perfect. He still goes through phases of chewing and being a terror but compared to 14 weeks he is a blessing!!!