From: jo-wolf@webtv.net   
      
   The really best place to bring this up is on the Behavior group.  More   
   knowledgeable folks post there (along with some beginners)....  But   
   since I'm here and you asked the  question....   
      
   At 10 months, you can definitely switch to 2 feeds a day..... AM and   
   evening.  It's quite probable that it's that noon feed that's keeping   
   her from developing a more predictable schedule.   
      
   It is quite possible to teach your young rascal to alert you to potty   
   needs by ringing a bell or cluster of bells.  You hang them on or beside   
   the door (put a protective metal or plastic plate behind them if she   
   uses her foot to ring them).  I recommend hanging them at NOSE height.   
   Assist her to ring the bells with her nose before you take or send her   
   out..... every time, until she starts reliably doing it herself.  The   
   downside of this is that she  is liable to start ringing the bell every   
   time she decides she wants to go out to chase a bird, or play, as well   
   as when she needs to "go".  It helps to stay out (yeh, it's winter here,   
   too) to watch to be certain that she takes care of nature's call before   
   coming back inside.   
      
   Jo Wolf   
   Martinez, Georgia   
      
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