| Sounds like you're getting it together, Chris! I would have the crate next to your bed. She's going to be awfully confused and lonely, and you guys are her new pack. Hard on you (she will yowl initially); easier on her. :) My dogs have always slept in my bedroom. I have a scattering of dog beds on the floor. Even foster dogs have wanted to sleep there, its that pack mentality thing.
As to toys....do a search on these forums. Quite a few folks here feed BARF and sort of follow suit with the chew toys/recreational chewies we give our dogs.
Before I brought Cooper home, I had $80.00 worth of "educational" dog toys for him. With the exception of the cheese flavoured nylabone, he ignored them all. My dogs' main chewy things are (raw) marrow & knuckle bones. For teething, towels & rags soaked, knotted & frozen solid.
I would be cautious about leaving her alone in your back yard, even with a 6' fence. Too many Bad Things & Bad People for a puppy.
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