Our last was a golden German shepherd mix and was absolutely epic. The problem is it's been 14 yrs since we had a puppy and no we have two young kids in the mix. It's just growing pains.

She isn't the most confident dog but is getting better. I get her down by the water at the beach on the weekends and she slowly warming up to it. I had to take treat and put them on automatic sprinklers, running vacuums and mops for her to get comfortable with them. She has the intelligence and emotional intelligence of a young child.

She's doing much better. I've been doing a lot of recall training with her and taking her off leash. She has responded so far to the extra trust in her really well and you can see it's matured her. When she gets tired though holy crap watch out lol. Luckily we've broken the nipping at my kids pretty much and easier than I expected.