Sound like the dog doesn't like the crate
Is there another place you can contain the dog when you leave the house? Put a gate across the kitchen doorway or something like that? I personally would never put a dog in a cage (crates as others refer to them). I live alone and need my dog for protection and should it be caged and someone tried to break in what would be the point of having a watch dog in the first place? A burglar would laught their heads off seeing a big dog locked in a cage. A lot of people like cages (crates) I do not. They seem to work well for wild animals at a zoo and pet birds.