housebroken

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By that, I mean nice, smart, accomplished, shares some interests, is housebroken in most of the right ways?

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2019

Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical – for a puppy.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2018

A counselor said try a therapy dog, so now she had Cheddar, just 8 weeks old and not yet housebroken, peeing everywhere and always yapping at her feet.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2016

The sisters don’t agree on much but they both detest Vicky, a smelly beast too stupid to be housebroken and forever fouling the house and bumping into things she shouldn’t.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2014

They were not housebroken, but for some reason Mrs. Gale thought she was doing me a favor when she dropped one in my lap for me to play with.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz