house-trained

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house·train

also house-train (hous′trān′)

tr.v. house·trained, house·train·ing, house·trains also house-trained or house-train·ing or house-trains

To housebreak.

house′trained′ adj.

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Adj.

house-trained - (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; "housebroken pets"; "`house-trained' is chiefly British"

housebroken

trained - shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form; "a trained mind"; "trained pigeons"; "well-trained servants"

Translations

house-trained

[ˈhaʊstreɪnd] ADJ (Brit) → enseñado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

house-trained

[ˈhaʊsˌtreɪnd] adj (Brit) (animal) → che non sporca in casa

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She is house-trained, her vaccinations are up to date and she has been spayed.

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Barney is house-trained and does get along with quieter dogs, but as he is older he would prefer to be the only dog in the house.

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She is not fully house-trained if left for long periods but she is well behaved in the house.

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Max the Siberian husky was reunited with Victoria DeCosemo and her three children after the man who picked him up in the street rang police and asked them to take the pet away because it was not house-trained and had caused a stink.

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Another perk to adopting Woodley was that she's "house-trained," just like his cocker spaniel Einstein.

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Norm is about 5 years old, perfectly house-trained, and a wonderful companion for adults or teenagers.

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I will have house-trained the puppy beforehand so there won't be any accidents in the Aras."

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He has lived in a home previously, is house-trained and can be left for periods during the day.

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Two are house-trained - but Daisy is causing Wayne, 20, real trouble at their new pounds 3million Cheshire mansion.

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TO TB, to teach house-trained cats to use only their litter trays is like trying to help narrow-minded people understand Mother Nature.

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Just ask Smokey, Suzy and Eddy, the house-trained pets of Jack and Thelma Turner.