Brought home this lovely lady this weekend!

Her name is Penelope and she is so sweet. She is just 2 months old and is my first puppy (I’ve always adopted senior dogs in the past, so not my first dog).

She has major separation anxiety. No surprise as she has just left home for the 1st time. I am hoping to get her comfortable in a crate but she just won’t have it. If she doesn’t have the ability to touch me she will just endlessly scream. She doesn’t need to actually touch me just have the ability to.

Any tips to help get her used to her own company? I know it won’t get better overnight, but I want to do it right. I leave her crate open all day for her to go in and out, feed her in there etc. she has toys and blankets and I put it where she can see me in bed. She will go in and out when it is open no problem and isn’t scared of it, but once she realizes she can’t get to me she just freaks out and will not calm down at all until I take her out.

The first night I powered through thinking she would wear herself out and needless to say neither of us got any sleep at all. The second night I gave her a few hours and after no sign of letting up she came to bed with me.

Any tips? Not just for this, anything else I should know/expect??