You want to teach your dog to sit.You do this by giving him a treat every time he gets closer and closer to sitting still when you say, "Sit." You are using:

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Shaping is the process of rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior. In this scenario, giving the dog a treat each time it gets closer to sitting still is an example of shaping. The behavior of sitting still is gradually shaped by rewarding the dog for incremental progress towards the final behavior.

You Want to Teach Your Dog to Sit