Training with Marker Signals - a practical guide in words and images - contemporary and species-appropriate. Shaping is a particularly positive way to work with your dog to develop or refine your ideas and wishes, or even your dog's ideas, through free shaping and to reward them very precisely and specifically. It is crucial in dog training to reinforce our dog at the right moment, but despite this effort, we should not become a "treat dispenser." Proper timing in rewarding our beloved pet is a very effective means of reinforcing a behavior. Shaping brings fun and movement into training, as it allows for a lot of creativity to be incorporated and applied from both sides. It is a very essential training technique that also enables us to utilize innate behaviors.