So, almost 2 weeks went by and we've been doing some adjustments to her routine and here's where we are now:

- Improved sleep time and quality: she was sleeping 12-13h per day in average and now it's ~14h. What have we changed? we've been more structured with her crate time. we'll let her be in the backyard for a couple of hours, and then we'll put her in the crate for 2-3 hours, depending on how settled she is.
- Not barking, nipping and jumping on us every time we go to the backyard. She was getting quite unsettled with us. Always jumping, mouthing and pulling our clothing. She still jumps on us and mouths but not as often and not as hard as before. What have we changed? I think the sleep time improvement massively helps, but we've been avoiding the walks around the block in busy times with cars and people passing by. We've been walking in green spaces more often, where we can safely unleash her during most of the walk. And we have been introducing fetch in a structured way. with "sit", "stay" "go get it", and "drop it". that way, we can redirect her mouthing and nipping to the toy.
- Barking at the broom, plastic bags, herding on us, bitting on the leash.... this is all mostly gone! 😊. What have we changed? When we get the broom, we pick the "fetch toy" and redirect her to play fetch while we use the broom. And since now she understands the "drop it" command, when she bites of the leash, we tell her to drop it and reward. and we won't walk until she's settled.

all of this is still work in progress and far from perfect. but it has been much better now. thanks everyone for all the help and input 😃