I know you're probably getting a million replies, but I wanted to say this and largely reserve judgement: firstly, the way you FEEL is not wrong, it's normal, it's common, and it's valid. How you choose to express it is what you DO have control over. Parenting sucks, especially when you do want to literally throw the…

Right? It's not that I'm saying anyone should crate their baby (although WTH are cribs, guys?!?!) or that you should practice attachment parenting with your Yorkiepoo.

I once shocked and disgusted a large group of people at a rehearsal dinner by espousing the "dog/child" training method. It was hilarious.

Nope. Unless you are yourself a wolf raising another wolf, that is never part of dog training. "Alpha" science is woefully outdated and based on faulty study to begin with. Dogs =/= wolves, and even wolves behave differently in packs than we once thought.

I totally just wrote a comment about this exact thing!

My father was a proponent of (usually very harsh) physical discipline and he's boggled by my commitment to avoid physical discipline with every living thing I work with. I'm an animal trainer and I SWEAR kids under the age of about 3 or 4 can be trained exactly like a dog. (Haven't tried this on a child of my own yet…

Exactly. They're always the ones who a) generally really don't "get" what animals do, even if they've been on the pet food account for five years, and b) like to throw stuff at you during the shoot. "Can we get that cat to high-five the baby?" Well, if you had TOLD ME YOU WANTED THAT three weeks ago when you cast the…

Veterinarian. The goal (ughhhh so many years away) is to be board-certified in behavior.

I've never had the pleasure haha. I have, on occasion, met actors that come up to chat— everyone wants to see/hang out with the animals on set, and been all, "So what part of the crew are you?" "...I'm the lead." OOPS.

Haha no, I loved reading this. Animals are just so weird— for example, WAY more people have problems moving cats than dogs. My older cat can't handle even furniture being moved, whereas my oldest dog has been with me in several different states, in practically a hundred different living spaces, and on a tour bus full…

*cries* This is exactly it. "Well, let's just shoot from this side or maybe if you stand there and someone can yell from the other side or...maybe we can try again in ten minutes? Or this afternoon?" I have to send that to my boss.

Yeah! My dogs think I'm a jerk who makes up rules for no reason to spoil the constant hedonistic canine rave they'd have if I would just LOOSEN UP. Mine are genuinely too smart for their own good most of the time, and sometimes I just want to sell them on the corner and buy an Afghan Hound.

I generally love it because you really have to THINK— how can I get the animal to do what I need it to do? In film, you know, it's never juuuuust "sit." It's "sit, but look here," "sit, but can it wag its tail?" "sit, but smile and then lay down while we're rolling and yes, we still need silence," etc. etc.

Long story (relatively) short, about a decade ago, I began working in animal welfare and from there became very interested in animal behavior. I continued to work in shelters for several years and got some certifications in animal training, taught obedience, etc., and then ended up taking a job as the trainer for a…

Imma let everyone finish but the best "celebrity" memoir of all time is "Juicy," by Jessica Canseco. It's the counterpart— or rebuttal- to Jose Canseco's book. It's delicious— my sister and I thought it was hilarious. And it is indeed JUICY.

Y'know, I train and wrangle animals for commercials and film and I will say that their job— and mine— is a hell of a lot harder than an actor's.

I am the same— I really don't "do" nail art or wacky colors, I can't do my own nails to save my life, and I am 98% guaranteed to smudge my polish on the way out of the salon if I get "normal" polish.

Omg YES ASOS CURVE RIDLEY.

Here's my actual problem: I LOOOOOVE Franzen's writing and don't really like Weiner's (although her first few books up to and including "Goodnight Nobody" were better than her newer stuff, but...

I read all Trout's recaps recently in a binge and I was totally demoralized after reading all three books' worth— I could only sympathize with how crappy she said she felt by the end.