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Definition of house-train in English: house-trainverb ˈhaʊstreɪn [with object]1Train (a pet) to excrete outside the house or only in a special place. you can't house-train a bird as you can a cat Example sentencesExamples - If your dog loses its house-training manners, follow these 3 steps.
- The animals can be house-trained and, claim experts, are even capable of understanding basic instructions such as ‘no’.
- Not many families can have much need to house-train a dolphin, but should you require it, the Beachcomber is the place to do it.
- By last Thursday though, he needed to get out, as Butch the Staffordshire Bull terrier needed the toilet, and was so well house-trained he wouldn't go in the flat.
- While bunny is caged, you house-train your pet by putting a litter box in one corner and praise the little rabbit every time the litter box is used, just as you do with puppies (or humans for that matter)!
- He is house-trained; he never makes a mess; he is obedient; he is a pure delight to me.
- Gus paused in his verbal attack on Ian, his eyes aggressively searching the crowd for an answer, but the faces stared back with the beseeching look of a puppy that had broken house-training and didn't understand why it was being shouted at.
- And house-training of pets is of course not ‘natural’, but surely nobody would argue that it was tantamount to animal cruelty and abuse?
- She was house-trained from the moment we got her, even though she spent her first few weeks of life in a barn.
- However, they must have made the house even more dirty than it usually would have been as none of these animals would have been house-trained.
- Goodness me, if they were puppies, within a day they would be asking to go outside - they are so good at being house-trained.
- He said: ‘He must be well house-trained because he wouldn't go inside.
- What is more, Shar-Peis are bright and affectionate and their advantages of being easily house-trained, exceptionally clean and needing minimal grooming make them ideal for indoor living.
- I'm not sure I'm ready for all that house-training and vet stuff all over again!
- Poor house-training, rather than something she ate or illness, must have been the culprit.
- All the canine emigrants have been vaccinated, checked for health problems and house-trained.
- An impatient owner complained that their eight-week old puppy was not house-trained yet and another complained: ‘Our dog gets jealous when we sit together and she hurts my legs when she wags her tail.’
Synonyms domesticated, trained North American housebroken - 1.1often as adjective house-trainedhumorous, informal Teach (someone) good manners or tidiness.
he's house-trained and fit for civilized society Example sentencesExamples - But it as well to remember that the defence secretary is about as house-trained as a caged puma with an itch.
- However, there's also the sad fact that many conductors, especially those barely house-trained, are very bad at it.
- I think my nag-a-minute methods are mild to say the least, because some women are now, apparently, attempting to house-train their husbands using dog training techniques.
- I think it is amazing how quickly members of the National Party get house-trained.
- Even the wild Finnish accordionist sounds suitably house-trained in this company.
- She seems rather more house-trained than her predecessor, Lucy, who once threw up in the middle of a debate.
- What a splendid example of good house-training he provides for the Prince.
- Harry knows Ryan personally and will vouch for the fact that he is totally house-trained and understands the need to keep darkrooms spotless!
Synonyms tame, domesticated, domestic, tamed
Definition of house-train in US English: house-trainverb Train (a pet) to excrete outside the house or only in a special place; housebreak. you can't house-train a bird as you can a cat Example sentencesExamples - And house-training of pets is of course not ‘natural’, but surely nobody would argue that it was tantamount to animal cruelty and abuse?
- What is more, Shar-Peis are bright and affectionate and their advantages of being easily house-trained, exceptionally clean and needing minimal grooming make them ideal for indoor living.
- An impatient owner complained that their eight-week old puppy was not house-trained yet and another complained: ‘Our dog gets jealous when we sit together and she hurts my legs when she wags her tail.’
- While bunny is caged, you house-train your pet by putting a litter box in one corner and praise the little rabbit every time the litter box is used, just as you do with puppies (or humans for that matter)!
- Goodness me, if they were puppies, within a day they would be asking to go outside - they are so good at being house-trained.
- All the canine emigrants have been vaccinated, checked for health problems and house-trained.
- By last Thursday though, he needed to get out, as Butch the Staffordshire Bull terrier needed the toilet, and was so well house-trained he wouldn't go in the flat.
- He said: ‘He must be well house-trained because he wouldn't go inside.
- If your dog loses its house-training manners, follow these 3 steps.
- The animals can be house-trained and, claim experts, are even capable of understanding basic instructions such as ‘no’.
- He is house-trained; he never makes a mess; he is obedient; he is a pure delight to me.
- Not many families can have much need to house-train a dolphin, but should you require it, the Beachcomber is the place to do it.
- However, they must have made the house even more dirty than it usually would have been as none of these animals would have been house-trained.
- She was house-trained from the moment we got her, even though she spent her first few weeks of life in a barn.
- Gus paused in his verbal attack on Ian, his eyes aggressively searching the crowd for an answer, but the faces stared back with the beseeching look of a puppy that had broken house-training and didn't understand why it was being shouted at.
- Poor house-training, rather than something she ate or illness, must have been the culprit.
- I'm not sure I'm ready for all that house-training and vet stuff all over again!
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