I need help

Ok, let me bring you guys up to speed in regards to the situation, I will be as clear as possible, but if I wasn't let me know.

My fiancee and I just got a second dog, a 1-quarter beagle, 3-quarter English Bulldog. Our first is a pure-bred English Bulldog. Now my first dog, Yuna, took to the crate extremely well. When it came to night time we put her in there, she fell asleep right away, and only seemed to bug me and my fiancee when she needed to go outside.

I won't say she liked it in her crate (she still loved napping with us on the couch), but she understood that night-time = Im in my crate.

Now here we are 2 years later and in comes our new puppy-boy Atlas. He isn't taking to the crate particularly well and I have no clue why. He isn't scared of it or anything (we actually feed him in there to reinforce his bowl is his, Yuna's bowl is Yuna's).

Its just we put him in there at night, he falls asleep, but when he wakes up during the night (as I would assume all dogs do, Yuna did) he whines and barks until we let him out, this is multiple times a night too. Now, I asked a vet, and she told me that I should get up, take the dog outside without greeting it or initiating any type of play. Let it do its business, with all the reinforcement that entails, then take him right back inside and put him in the crate.

Here is where the problem comes into play... once he is up he won't go back to sleep in his crate. When I put him in, he whines and barks until I let him out, at which point he wants to fall asleep with me and I have to put him back in the crate. I akin it almost to a 5 year old that had a bad dream and wants to sleep in mom/dad's bed, the only difference is if mom/dad are asleep he bangs on the door until they wake up.

Sorry for the long winded post btw, if anyone has any help for me Id appreciate it.