Bowel movement in Crate

Question
Hello, I have a two and a half year old golden lab that we have had problems with since we got her at 8 months.  She is not spayed, very active, and in my opinion rather small in size.  She came from a litter of ten.  One problem she has is that she will drink until she throws up.  She'll drink whatever water she can get to.  Her bowl, the other dog's bowl, toilet bowl, creek, puddle of rain, etc...  We have minimized this incident by restricting the water intact.  I.E. very small amounts.  We have had success by giving her ice.  Even with the ice, if you give her enough, she'll throw up.  Another issue we have had is that she will make bowel movement in the house for no apparent reason.  For instance, she'll be outside for 30 minutes and 10 minutes after coming in, she'll make a mess.  This is somewhat frequent, about once every 2 weeks.  In my opinion she is house trained, just chooses to do her business in the house.  Urination will also occur from time to time.  In hopes of breaking her of this, we purchased a crate.  This worked for a while, but during the day (even when we were home) she would have a movement in the house with no indication that she needed let out.  Once she makes a mess, she hides.  To me this is telling me that she knows she is doing wrong.  In the past couple of months, she has started to make bowel movements at night in her crate.  This does not seem to bother her.  I am at my last straw as we now have a 3 month old daughter in the house.  Please help.  Also when I asked the vet about the accident issues (prior to crating) he told me

Answer
It looks part of your question was cut off, ending in ''he told me''.  Was the crate his idea?  I don't fully understand what is happening.  It may be a challenge to your leadership.  I would continue the crate.  Go ahead and spay her.  No dog with a difficult behavior problem should ever be considered as breeding stock.  Obedience train her.  The key to most behavior problems is approaching things using the dog's natural instincts.  Dogs see all the people and dogs in the household as a pack with each having their own rank in the pack and a top dog.  Life is much easier if the 2 legged pack members outrank the 4 legged ones.  You can learn to play the role of top dog by reading some books or going to a good obedience class. A good obedience class or book is about you being top dog, not about rewarding standard commands with a treat. Start at http://www.dogsbestfriend.com/  For more on being top dog, see http://www.dogbreedinfo.com./topdogrules.htm

When you are around you need to keep a close eye on the dog.  Use closed doors or gates to keep it in the same room as you are, and perhaps as I do, a short chain fastened to the computer desk.  If you catch it in the act, give it a sharp ''Ah, ah, ah!'' and take it out.  When you can't watch it, crate it.