Guess I should have specified. I'm not referring to the "bell training" that is done for guard dogs or hunting dogs (I'm not that ambitious). This is simply a matter of training her to ring a bell whenever she wants to go outside. Her cues were too subtle and I missed a lot of them (I must have felled a forst in paper towels by now), so I taught her to ring the bell to get my attention. Trouble is now she rings it to go out for a pee, or play with the cat, or say "hi" to the neighbors, or chase a bird, or just for the fun of seeing me come when she calls!
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