Can You Reinforcing Your Dog's Fear?

The act of trying to go through the dog door, if you're not successful for this dog, was not reinforcing. If it's not reinforcing, the behavior does tend to extinguish itself. You cannot reinforce an emotion. Let's say your dog is afraid of you. Can you make your dog more afraid of you by feeding them cookies every time they express fear towards you? Just think about that. How about if I said, look, I really need to make you afraid of me, really afraid of me. So give it your all. Be so scared of me.