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Housebreaking (American English) or house-training (British English) is the process of training a domesticated animal that lives with its human owners in a house or other residence to excrete (urinate and defecate) outdoors, or in a designated indoor area (such as an absorbent pad or a litter box), rather than to follow its instinctive behaviour randomly inside the house.
Around 840 million cats and dogs alone are owned as pets around the globe;[1] and in the United States, seventy percent of households own a pet.[2] The process requires patience and consistence from the human. Accidents are a part of the process, and if the pet's owner reacts negatively, it could be discouraged, and the success of the training might be delayed.
- ^ "Dog and cat pet population worldwide 2018". Statista. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Pet Industry Market Size & Ownership Statistics". American Pet Products Association. Retrieved 2020-11-11.