lol sounds like my current dog I have right now except mine is already a year old.
some things that helped me was clicker training.. once you get that started and she knows what the clicker is then you can go while your watching tv and have your treats and clicker out and start training her to lie down patiently in her crate start with seconds and work your way to an hour at a time.. then right when you get home or anytime she gets to roudy and excited send her to her crate for a nice positive time out.. at which you can treat her for or give her a kong for being nice calm and quiet..
that should help a great deal with that and the night part.. as for her age she may be just lonely give her a teddy bear with a old dirty shirt warn by you on it and maybe if you can attempt cutting the teddy bear open and put a loud tick tick clock inside of it and sow it back up.. this will help simulate company and she will not be so lonely. ...
also you want to wear her out a bit to help her sleep longer.. this of course is the most difficult as you already know. If you can trust her to bring a ball or frisbee back to you when off the leash in the open then play ball with her and you get to stay in one place and make her do all the running.. if this doesn't work then just play ball in your house throwing the ball up the stairs and she will bring it down.. and continue for awhile.. and what is really the funniest thing for me is I got a lazer light pen and I got my dog to chase it so I go up stairs and have the dog run all over the house directing her where to go with the pen haveing her run up stairs down stairs into the front room and liveing room all from one position I stand great workout for her but remember to give her a potty brake every two to three min with this thou mine will tend to pee while running if I don't hehehe ... and remember to treat her after all that running cus other wise later she will feel as if it was all for nothing and stop doing it..
anyway good luck and let me know how it works I have many more suggestions as I live with the same dog almost..hehehe
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