1, Joan: Have you house-trained your puppy yet?

2, His manners were appalling before he got married, but his wife soon got him house-trained.

3, As Phoebe was scratching Kristof behind the ears and bonding with him nose to nose, Sally and I asked a few questions and learned that he was not house-trained and might reach forty pounds.

4, We hope she's starting to get the general idea of how to be house-trained, but we certainly understand it takes a bit of adjustment for the little girl.

5, They make, it seems, brilliant pets – they are affectionate, can be house-trained, learn their names, and Croft says they are more intelligent than dogs.

6, Following crazes for tea-cup piglets, pygmy hedgehogs and meerkats, it seems that baby skunks, with their soft fur and ability to be house-trained, are proving an ideal family pet.

7, As I reached for the draft copy of my speech notes, I realized Qiu Qiu had left me a message as only a partially house-trained puppy can do.