Yet another crate question

Hello,

Puppy is 11 weeks, Whippet, 1 week.

I am in a strange spot after reading in here about a lot of people struggling with crate training, but my particular problem is that I have a pen for my puppy and the crate inside the pen, when I place him in the pen with the crate door open to wind down and sleep — he is restless and cry’s. But when I put him in the crate with the door closed he settles within a minute and goes straight to sleep

Is this normal that he loves the crate so much that he can only settle when locked inside? I believe the breeder I received the puppy from had the dogs in a kennel outside to be raised so I am thinking maybe he would have been locked inside the kennel and let out at times so it feels familiar

Just double checking that this is good behaviour