Anonymous wrote:Miniature Poodle. My boy was extremely easy to house train. He had a total of three accidents he was also very easy to train in general.

Oh, I just read that you were a lazy lapdog. While, my dog is an amazing lapdog, he sitting in my lap as I type, he does require exercise.

Miniature Poodle. My boy was extremely easy to house train. He had a total of three accidents he was also very easy to train in general.

Our Havanese was slow to fully housetrain, but now that she is, she is reliable and can go long stretches. But it was months of training before she could have free rein.

But she has just the best temperament, is so cuddly, doesn’t need tons of exercise and just fits perfectly in our family.

I second that Yorkies are hard to train. I never let mine roam the house without supervision.

My havanese was easy to train. He’s very low energy, calm but clingy and barks at every sound or movement from outside.

He goes outside 3x a day. No accidents inside.

I have a 5 month old French bulldog and he is trained now - he stopped having accidents about three weeks ago. So not bad! He does still have excitement accidents - new people/places/dogs thrill him so much he loses his mind.

He still does get up once a night to go out - he doesn’t always, but often does. We’ve had dogs of all sorts of breeds and sizes for 20 plus years and I don’t think this guy is any more difficult to train that previous dogs - hes smarter than most, and at 5 months has already mastered the “ring the bell to get let out” thing.

PSA - get a dog door!
It’s great. All three of my dogs are trained (poodle trained fastest, shitzu took a few weeks). It makes life so easy. They let themselves out and you don’t have to worry about rushing home.

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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.)

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.

I had a 12 pound JRT who could hold it for 8-10 hours without issue. I think yours trained you to let her out! I can't imagine getting up multiple times a night to let a dog out. Eek. GL OP.

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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.

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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.

Havanese are the best dogs?
Unlike my family members, i am not a dog person. I tolerate them. I love them, because they are a living being, but I still categorize them as animals, however, our little hsvanese is adorable. He looks and acts “human” somehow.

He doesn’t bark, doesn’t shed, and is very calm and obedient. He was very easy to train - my 13yo and 16yo at the time did it. Now that they’re out of the house, and DH travels are falling in love with a little guy.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Current dog is a standard poodle. Kids have cat allergies. Prefer pure bred.

Why not a mini poodle then?

They want a "lazy lap dog." A poodle, standard, mini or toy, is not that.

-- toy poodle momma

Anonymous wrote:Cavachon---our little guy can hold it up to 8 hrs (although he rarely has to hold it that long).

He was potty trained at 4 months without too much fuss.

How old was he when you got him? My mixed breed was potty trained within two weeks and she was 10wks old.