When Training Doesn’t Work Sometimes you’re doing everything right ; using positive reinforcement, timing your rewards, staying consistent and your dog still isn’t responding. The missing piece isn’t the training method, but the energy behind it? Positive reinforcement is powerful, but it can’t override dysregulated energy. If you’re anxious, rushed, or emotionally scattered, your dog feels it before you ever say a cue. So before a training session, before a walk, before anyt