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Bo Burnham!!!!!! Oh my gosh I'm excited!

I am the 21-year old sister of a 22-year old with Noonan syndrome. Just wanted to say that the special needs community supports you and your family! PM me if you or your 10-year old have any questions about being the sibling of a child with special needs.

It's everyone. She comes into contact with more girls than boys (my mom and sisters, my female roommates, and then the only male she regularly comes into contact with aside from my boyfriend is my dad).

Hi! A year ago, my SO and I adopted a stray from an animal shelter. The shelter said by the way she acted, she was likely abused but they couldn't prove much of anything. She is a Min Pin mix of some sort, weighs about 13 pounds, and is a year and a half old. She basically looks like a Min Pin but with a longer snout, longer legs, and neither her ears nor her tail was cut. She is VERY territorial of me (a girl), but not so much my boyfriend. Any time we are on a walk and someone walks by me, she starts barking and jumping toward him/her. She still barks at my roommates, with whom I've lived with for almost a year. My question for you is if you know any way for me to help her calm down and realize that she is not the one who needs to be guarding me, but I am the one protecting her. I know she has evolutionary instincts to be the protector, but there has never been a time when we've had her that we have been in any kind of danger. Not sure if you can really answer this question, but since you have so much experience with animals that have been abused, I'd love to hear your two cents. Thanks for all you do for animals! I'd love to be able to foster animals- maybe one day when we actually live in a house.

Thanks for the advice! She has never bitten anyone, but just gets very aggressive around other people. I will try being more assertive as we have already tried the treat approach. Thanks!