How long until your puppy chose to nap in their crate?

I have a berner turning 5 months next week. I got her at 9 weeks, and have been crate training ever since. I keep her crate in the office right next to my room. She takes about 2 naps a day in her crate and sleeps in there at night. Usually, I’ll walk her to the room and she’ll lay down or sit at my feet instead of going in the crate, so I coax her with treats or try to pick her up/direct her into the crate. Sometimes if I put her to sleep way too late she’ll walk in by herself, but if other than that she never chooses to sleep in her crate. Once she’s in, she’ll go right to sleep, but it’s always a small (albeit adorable) battle getting her in.

Should I just keep moving forward like this until she gets used to it or should I be doing something different? She’s my first puppy of my own outside of family dogs so I’d love any insight! My past family dogs were never crate trained.

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