My dog doesn't give my signals

How long did she whine in the crate?  How long was she left in there?  I just got a 2 year old Shih Tzu that was supposed to be housebroke and we got him here and crated him.  He whined and barked one nite in there for 3 hours straight then he stopped.  He has to be supervised alot,  if you don't watch him he will try to go potty in the house.  I am very dilligent with getting him out .  I put him out first thing in the morning,  then any time after he eats, after he takes a nap, and anytime after I go to the bathroom just so I do not forget about him needing to go and then last time out is before he gets crated.  Dogs on average should be put out once every 3-4 hours.  When your dog does do potty outside praise and praise the dog then.  I personally would go back to the crate and also keep her gated in one room, until after she makes potty outside then let her have run of the house, but watch her like a hawk and get her out alot to go potty.  It takes time.

I honestly do know it takes time but it feels like we are going backwards.  She cried in her crate for two weeks.  The first week she cried all night every night.  The next week she cried for about three hours and then she would start again if she heard any of us move or get up in the night.  After two weeks my husband put her in the bed with us.  I do take her out frequently but she will go out then come in to potty. 
 
How would I go about reintroducing her to the crate?
 
ZM

If she is going potty in a room where you are not, you need to keep her attched to you throughout the day so this does not happen.  Either have her in the room with you with the door closed where you can keep an eye on her, or have her with you on a leash all day.  When she goes in the house say 'no' and take her outside.  If she finishes outside praise a lot and if not just spend a minute or so out there with her.  When Bailey went in the house I said 'no', 'outside' and went out.  But evertime I opened the back door I said the word outdside.  I keep her in the room with me all day and bring her out for potty breaks, so our accidents have been very minimal.  And yesterday she scratched at the door and I was very excited!  You will get there, just be patient and consistent, try not to get too mad when she has an accident because its not her fault that she doesnt know any better yet... and I think when you stay calm they learn better instead of being scared and in trouble.
 
As for crate training, Im sure someone can offer you better help than this but with Bailey I put the crate in the living room, and everytime she fell asleep in here I would wait until she was really sleeping and then gently put her in the crate but leave the door open.  Sometimes she would walk right out and I let her... never forced her to stay in it.  But sometimes she would stay or get up and change positions.  Then one day she just went in there by herself.  We have only left her in there twice, I know the first time when we were leaving she was crying, and the second time when we got back she had gotten out...[&:]  I realized that was my fault... long story. 
 
If you need to leave the house it would be very good to be able to leave her in a crate until she is potty trained and not chewing shoes or wires whether she likes it or not.  I am still working with Bailey on getting her to like it.

As some people have suggested here in other threads, you can put the crate in the bedroom or on the dresser if it fits so she can see you from in there.  If you feel like you are going backwards with potty training, every time she goes in the house and you are not there to see it, that is a step back because it seems okay to her. 

When she cried did anyone go to her or did you ignore her?  You need to ignore the whining...as long as she has made potty outside.  She has to be with you all day so you can make sure she is not making potty where she shouldn't.  This sounds kind of gross, but if she poops in the house....place her poop outside where you would like her to poop.

When she whined we ignored her.  At night I would move the crate as far away from us as possible because her whining was so loud we couldn't sleep.  She would also bark while in the crate, the only time she barks is when she wants inside from outside or she wants out of the crate.  Occasionally she will bark if she is playing but that is very rare.  The moving makes sense, sort of a visual cue.  I think I will put her on the leash at night so I know when she is trying to leave the room and can take her outside at that moment.
 
Thanks again.  I really want to make her a part of our family we can be proud of.
 
ZM

I have a 5 month old American Bulldog, he use to do the same thing when he was in his crate, i introduced him to his crate by feeding him in there, when i had the door closed on the crate he would whine constantly and sounded like he was screaming, especially at night, that was so frustrating....... first i take him out to go potty and feed him, but after he does his business and eats and then when i put him back in his crate and he still whines and screams, i totally ignored him and didnt even look at him when he was whining not even tell him to be quiet or anything I would just go about doing what i usually do and pretend i didnt hear his whining, which was totally HARD, then when he finally settled down and lay down i would say good quiet and give him a treat then he would start acting up again, whining all over again, after getting his treat he got totally excited, so when he would start again I walked away from him and i repeated, pretending that i didnt hear his crying and wait for him to lay down again and settle down for a while then i would either give him a treat and tell him again good quiet or i would let him out to play...... I would only let him out to play when he is settled and not whining, I wouldnt give him any attention unless he was quiet, now he finally realizes that i wont give in to his crying so he has totally calmed down and the whining hasnt been as much, sort of catching that only when he is quiet he gets attention, he still tries to test me by trying to whine once and awhile but i wont give in, then he finally realizes that im not going to give and now he just quits and lays right down[]!! It took awhile but now he is catching on[]  It was so hard hearing him cry and whine and it was so damn annoying but we pulled through!!!