Oh Molly ....

I am hoping that there will be someone out there that can give me and my Molly a little help. Molly is a beautiful sweet 10 week old golden. My husband and I did our research which eventually lead us to our dear girl. She has been an amazing addition to our lives. I work from home so I am able to spend all day with her. Let me give you a little background on Molly. What we knew about her before we met her was that she was one of 8 in her litter, she was being house raised around other dogs, kids and lots of grown-ups. We took the long trip to meet the pups, had the pick of the litter and fell in love with Molly (actually Molly chose us!). The breeder, who seemed young, was kind and had brought the pups out to the yard to meet us, we met Molly's mom and the mom's sister. We were given the name and number of the father. We knew that the mother had not been registered but the father was. From our limited experience all seemed well, we paid our deposit. However,we discovered when we went back to pick up Molly that the pups lived outside. Molly and her litter mates spent the very hot summer out of the house living in the yard with the mom and the other dogs and sleeping under the porch. I don't know if this in itself is a problem but how it manifests in our home and city life is a different matter. We cannot interest her in good chew toys, even one's stuffed with treats. She gravitates towards junk. If someone has left a plastic bottle down, that is what she wants. Or wood, she is constantly chewing wood. We manage this behaviour by continually replacing not so good chewing items with good chewing items. I think the pups were left unattended with way too much freedom for too long a time with junk to play with. The good part is she vet checked and extremely healthy. She has never once messed in the house but does have problem with peeing. We take her out every hour or when ever it looks like she needs to go but she still, with no warning will squat. Again, the pups were likely given no direction on were to pee and she has not made the connection yet. I also think she is feeling being house bound much more then pups that have been previously confined. We do take her out several times a day to our yard. We try to engage her in games but she wants to dig,run into the bushes at the back of yard and tries eating moss and grass. When I asked the breeder why she had let the dogs have such a free run she said that her dogs are farm dogs not house dogs! I could have claimed false advertising but we love our Molly. We live in a city right next door to a wonderful park in an area where the great outdoors is 15 minutes away. We are active people. I feel that some of these issue will become easier once Molly is able to get out and about with us.(I'm feeling housebound, too). She will be enrolled in puppy training once she has finished her shots. But, until then any and all suggestions to ease the transition would be greatly appreciated. In short form here's what I am asking:

How do I encourage Molly to give up her 'yard' dog ways?
What will help her make the connection about peeing outdoors? (honestly, she seems to get it, even asking to go out and then .....)
Part of me feels like I am breaking the spirit of this puppy because she has had so much freedom. Is there anyway of easing her adjustment?

Sorry to be so wordy but we are new to this, love our little dog and want only the best for her.

Thanks again.