How to train a husband

Today I read a review of a book which urges wives to train their husbands as they would train a pet, a dog for example. The advice is to forgo the negative comments and try positive reinforcement, as did Pavlov with his famous dog experiments. One can imagine a scenario like this in any domestic habitat.
Husband is reclining in his favorite chair, watching TV. He has placed his coffee cup on the floor, spilling coffee on the rug and now he picks the cup up, places it on the windowsill and smears up the spilled coffee with his handkerchief.
Wife: Oh, thank you, honey. That was sweet of you. Would you like more coffee?
Husband is watching TV and doesn't answer. She doesn't expect him to. She only offered more coffee to get his attention. She realizes that her first effort has come to naught, but she will try again.
The phone rings and husband answers. After a moment of conversation, he gets up and rummages around under the cushion of the chair, retreiving a pair of socks.
Wife: Well, you found those socks. Thank you, sweetheart. I've been looking for those socks all morning.
Husband still does not respond. Does he hear her? Who knows?
Husband puts on socks and shoes, leaving sllippers in the middle of the floor. He goes to hall closet, gets his golf clubs and heads for the front door, leaving closet door open and his jacket on the floor. As he is leaving, he calls back over his shoulder, "I'm going to play a few rounds. Be home in time for dinner."
Wife picks up slippers, hangs up jacket, shuts closet door, takes cup to kitchen, gets out stain remover for coffee on rug, and strolls down the path to close the yard gate. As she enters the house again, a bystander might have heard her mutter to herself, "It might work with dogs. I quit. There's got to be a better way." Indeed, but the question is what? When some woman discovers the answer to the dilemma, I hope she lets the rest of us know what it is.