Small dog that’s easy to house break?

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Anonymous wrote:The only small dog I ever owned was our adorable and beloved Jack Russell terrier. She was highly trainable with high agility but had the world's smallest bladder. If you didn't get her outside every 2-3 hours, she would unload on the floor without shame. For that reason, I have always thought all small dogs had tiny bladders and needed to go out frequently. Our current 60-pound dog can go 8+ hours between outings.

Our toy poodle (8lbs) needs to go out every 4 hours or so. I think anything much longer than that is difficult on her little bladder. Our 30-lb mutt can hold it for virtually forever (we don't make her do so -- she just does; she is trained to ring bells when she needs to go out so she's taken out whenever she wants).

Our maltipoo has a steel bladder. 12+ hours, if needed. He doesn’t like to wake up early on the weekends.

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Anonymous wrote:What are you looking for aside from easy to housebreak? With just that criteria I'd maybe consider a papillon? A mini schnauzer? A Maltese?

My teens want a lazy lap dog they can cuddle. My only requirement is that, with training, it will do its business outside.

Cavalier will be a lap dog. Any dog without mental or physical disabilities can be house trained if you are diligent.

Yorkies and silkies are absurdly hard to house train.

Bichons are difficult too, especially with housebreaking.

We have a bichon shih tzu mix. She was easy to train and can hold it for more than 12 hours overnight.

So you don't have a Bichon. You have a mutt. (Nothing against mutts, I have one, but that is what your dog is.)

God forbid people should converse.

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OK, so we can see that training and behavior is very dog specific.

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We have had 2 cavaliers and while I wouldn’t say they were easy to housetrain, they both learned after awhile. Don’t have to go out that often. Are the best lapdogs ever, so sweet, get along with all other dogs. Not too little so don’t feel tiny, dainty. They are the most loving dogs ever.

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What you don't want is a dog that dislikes cold and wet weather. Otherwise IMHO potty training is potty training.

Males are easier to potty train, again IMHO. A difficult male dog in this department can wear "belly bands" and won't be able to pee in the house. look them up on amazon.

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My maltipoo is a super cuddler, lap dog. She trained very quickly, but she does need to go out every 4 hours or so. On a regular schedule, she's perfect. If I can't do a midday walk, she'll go and pee on the bathmat.

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Anonymous wrote:My maltipoo is a super cuddler, lap dog. She trained very quickly, but she does need to go out every 4 hours or so. On a regular schedule, she's perfect. If I can't do a midday walk, she'll go and pee on the bathmat.

Ours pees on the throw rugs for my spouse. For me, they will go on a grass mat in the bathroom. What's with the mats? At least they are easy to wash vs. a big rug.

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We just got a Brittany from this very litter: https://marketplace.akc.org/breeder/cheri-heimbach-45651/brittany/433214

And she came to us totally housetrained, even though the breeder hadn’t worked with her at all. I think it’s a combo of age (she’s already 5mo), and the mama dog had taught her.

She’s a super sweet dog, and I highly recommend!

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Anonymous wrote:We have had 2 cavaliers and while I wouldn’t say they were easy to housetrain, they both learned after awhile. Don’t have to go out that often. Are the best lapdogs ever, so sweet, get along with all other dogs. Not too little so don’t feel tiny, dainty. They are the most loving dogs ever.

I second KCS but be forewarned they have serious heart problems. Sweetest dogs ever but will break your heart when they die at 9 years.

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Anonymous wrote:We have had 2 cavaliers and while I wouldn’t say they were easy to housetrain, they both learned after awhile. Don’t have to go out that often. Are the best lapdogs ever, so sweet, get along with all other dogs. Not too little so don’t feel tiny, dainty. They are the most loving dogs ever.

I second KCS but be forewarned they have serious heart problems. Sweetest dogs ever but will break your heart when they die at 9 years.

Very true. Our first died at 7 from heart failure. It’s so heartbreaking but we have another who is now 4. I feel like the 7 was way too young. But we grew up with golden retrievers and we always said any that lived longer than 10 was borrowed time.