G.S.
Did you get this puppy from a pet store? If so, I know that many puppies from pet stores have a hard time getting house broken because they were used to pottying in their crate and (as in your case) playing with their poop. Yucky stuff, but very hard to correct. I don't think crate training is going to work with your new puppy, I would research alternate house breaking techniques. Keep the crate for when she gets older and don't rely on it for house breaking her. She doesn't understand that she isn't supposed to potty in the crate and therefore makes the whole theory behind crate training useless.