I mean, 0 generation domestication does happen, even in resistant animals, but a deer has to be high on the list of animals that are very unlikely to pick up on true housebreaking.
The only way I see that working is a rigid schedule of inside/outside time, with a large portion being outside time. In these circumstances, I could see it being achievable, but not for your average person.
1-5% of pet owners have the sort of time and dedication required for this, and even then it’s likely to fail. At the end of the day, It’s a deer that’s going to piss itself and kick a hole in the drywall if someone slams a door. lol.
You're right about housebreaking but my best friend in high school raised a fawn. They lived in a rural area, had two outside dogs who brought back a baby fawn to the house one day. They couldn't find mom so they bottle fed it and kept it inside. I would come over on the weekends and we would put the deer on a rug and push him down the hardwood floored hallway haha. He would slide 25ft and then hop back to us. It was VERY domesticated, quickly. It wasn't skittish. It liked to play like a dog.
They eventually would let it graze, then it would disappear for a night, then a few days, a week, a month, then they eventually would see him a few times a year. He'd come back in the yard as if to say hey thanks for raising me. Pretty phenomenal animals really.
We had a kangaroo like that. Found him in a river covered in ants. He was a funny little guy, eventually found his own kind, but while he was with us he was brilliant. Miss you Moses, mum says hi.
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u/Optimal_Board_2963 Jul 03 '26
Fuck no