Springers are hunting dogs... see a bird, see a bunny, gone... so no, you can't leave him outside all day and expect he will stick around.
As for the humping, it's been adressed very affectively... your daughter is the target as he can be very alpha with her and she can't do anything about it. So it's up to you to make sure that he learns not to be.
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