housebreaking
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- /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkɪŋ/
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entrenamiento para hacer sus necesidades
- Yes, you can set an alarm clock when housebreaking, but that’s not perfect either, and eventually you do need to transition the dog to sleeping through the night without a potty break.
Examples
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I realize that dogs don't have quite the hangups about bodily secretions that we do, but clearly they must be distressed by this possibility, or the crate wouldn't function as a housebreaking tool at all.
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As for housebreaking, they are "kind of housetrained."
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He had friends who had trained him in housebreaking, but he became more qualified than they were.
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So, no, I'm in the throes of potty training and housebreaking, and I'm pretty sure this is not what I signed up for.
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Actually, it's exactly what I signed up for, but I'm pretty sure I want to cross my name off the roster and send both potty training and housebreaking participants away for a week-long camp where they come back fully trained and potentially able to do their own laundry and dishes.
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To successfully train a dog, housebreaking is one of the first skills you should teach.
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The process of housebreaking can take several weeks, depending on the age of the puppy.
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Many new pet owners struggle with housebreaking, but consistency is key to success.
Synonyms
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To teach a young child or pet to go to the bathroom instead of wearing diapers
How House-Trained
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Surface Forms
Morphology
housebreaking = housebreak (semi-transparent) = house + break + ing
Formed from 'house' + 'break', but the sense of 'break' meaning 'to train' (as in 'break a horse') may be unfamiliar to many learners.
Etymology
The word housebreaking also combines house and break, but here break means 'to stop or change a habit', as in break a habit. So, housebreaking of a puppy means training it not to go to the toilet inside the house.