welcome to the boards and remember you can go to other boards than just the younghunters... the people there will be sure to welcome you too... i used to be homeschooled as well and am also a girl and i enjoy dogs so if you ever want to chat just IM me... i talk to a few people off from the board and enjoy them very much... i' ve been on here for 3 or 4 years now so i guess i' m considered an oldy.. froman i think is the oldest and one of the originals to belong to the board... and don' t worry about being young... i remember being on here and being twelve and it was pretty scarey lol... so chat it up! if you have any questions we' ll do our best to answer them but other than that just talk away and we' d love to listen lol