Conditioning. In this way, all dogs become conditioned never to eliminate in their dens. From two to four months of age, most pups pick up on the concept of housebreaking and crate training quite easily since it is part of their natural programming. Related: Secrets to housebreaking adult dogs. Puppyâs digestive tract.
Webster Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Whirl (verb) to turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. Whirl (verb) to remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. Whirl (verb)
The word whirligig derives from two Middle English words: whirlen (to whirl) and gigg (top), or literally to whirl a top. The Oxford English Dictionary cites the Promptorium parvulorum (c. 1440), the first English-Latin dictionary, which contains the definition Whyrlegyge, chyldys game, Latin: giracu-lum It is therefore likely the 1440 version of whirligig referred to a spinning toy or toys.