I always recommended Karen Pryor's book to people having "problems" with training anything (Insects, spouses, pets anything). And while reading GTD, I was often reminded to techniques in Don't Shoot the Dog. It's nice to know, that you two are in touch.

Yes, her book is excellent and I have it on my shelf very near GTD. Another outstanding book which is related to both "Don't Shoot the Dog" and GTD is "Self-Help Without the Hype." It's a book about modifying your own behavior using scientifically validated principles. It's a book that helped me understand why GTD works and how to make it work better for me.

Another question: Have you ever read "10 Days to a Great New Life" by William E. Edwards? I picked it up recently and the first chapter reads like an early version of GTD. It was really fascinating.

Thanks for all the references to books I was unaware of... (of course I've read that there are more than 1000 new business titles every year, in the U.S. alone - so I suppose we're all a bit behind in our reading...!)

Don't Shoot The Dog is an excellent book. It's amazing how two seemingly different areas of my bookshelf can be connected like this. Sources of Power is another great book, about how people make decisions in the real world when they're under pressure, and how it's completely unlike anything they teach in business school.

I trained my two current dogs using clickers. I had previously avoided training with food treats, worrying that I would have to give them treats to get them to do things forever. That turned out not to be the case. I don't think I've used the clicker in about 5 years, but they still know the commands that I care about. The only thing I use treats for now is when I'm done brushing them, which makes them look forward to being brushed.