[Tumbleweed4829]

I have a 4 month old rott/lab puppy. I finally got her housetrained where she rarely has an accident in the house but the crate is a whole different story. No matter how long I put her in the crate she always pees. She is not crated more than 4 hours at a time and no water is given after 7pm at night. I put her in there; left for an hour and she still went in her crate. I always let her out before putting her in her crate and she will pee at least 3 times before coming back inside. I am just getting very frustrated because I don't understand; I thought dogs don't go where they lay. Her crate is only large enough where all she can do is stand, turn around and lay down. Last night I finally thought to take the towel out of her crate and she went anyway and laid in it. Now I feel like I'm being cruel to her by not putting the towel in there. She also will now go to her blanket that I have for her outside of her crate and pee on it right after I've let her out and she went 3 times. Is it normal for a puppy to go that many times when you let them out or should I worry that something is wrong?