She Wants To Eat EVERYTHING.

I've got an 8 week old golden retriever pup that has been with me for 5 days. She's already so smart with basic commands when not super distracted and we've bonded well so far. Crating at night is going really smooth and she seems to settle fairly quickly when crating during the day. I was able to leave her for an hour today while doing a grocery haul. Of course I was worried about her the whole time as that is the first time I've left the house without her.

Something that is causing be big anxiety is during potty training. I'm not doing doggy pads in the house, but training her to go outside. The actual act of pottying there has been pretty well.

Something that is causing me pretty huge anxiety though is that after she does her business I've been seeing if she wants to walk around the yard or back to the door to the house. During the small walk either around the yard or to the door she tries to eat EVERYTHING – leaves, grass, dirt, sticks, twigs, pebbles, you name it.

I've been pretty good about catching her in time, but she's so low to the ground and sometimes faster to act right now. I've already pulled one small stick out of her mouth that I didn't catch and it scared the crap out of me.

It's to the point where I just carry her to her potty spot, and then when she is done, carry her to the steps of my door and let her walk back inside.

I've been slowly working on the leave it command, but that seems to be slower to catch on than anything else I've taught her so far…of course I've not had her long.

I kinda just wanted to vent my anxiety and see if there are any stop gap recommendations between now and when she get's the leave it and/or drop it command down. I care about her so much already and don't want to let her hurt herself.