Don't Shoot the Dog! How to Improve Yourself and Others Through Behavioral Training

Whether the objects of your efforts are kids, pets, relatives, pupils, or business colleagues, Karen Pryor shows you how to bring them around, and without ever having to resort to yelling, threats, force, punishment, or guilt trips. Based on generous applications of love and laughter, what has sometimes been called "affection training", this book teaches and reveals even as it offers consistent reading pleasure. Witty and warmly understanding, it a humane, illuminating guide to all kinds of life improvement.