Indeed, at that point, who is training who?
Exactly! My daughter and her boyfriend stayed with us for a bit and of course, first time the BF heard Puppy whine a bit (we were all upstairs and pup downstairs, and in the beginning she would whine for a minute then settle) he RAN downstairs and picked her up 
. I had to explain to him what that meant for Pup. “Hey, I whine and they come!! That’s how it works!”
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When Lilly was about 7 months old she pooped in the house and I just looked at her and said, “you are getting too old for this nonsense, so please stop it”. Just matter of factly, no raised voice, just please stop. And that was the last time. She turns a year at the end of next month.
Now if I can just curb her from being a kleptomanic I would be golden. (and she knows leave it)
As mentioned we don’t use bells but ours learned quickly if they alert us but then go screw around instead of needing to do their business and keep asking to go out, they get put outside on a short line for 10 mins, rinse and repeat as necessary. Only took a few times before they learned to be judicious with their alerts. 
(Of course they get regular outside breaks/romps, this is above and beyond.)
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I taught my puppy to bark on command. It was cute. Unfortunately, he learned it as “if I bark it means I want food” as opposed to “only when asked”. I showed him at a dog show 2 weeks ago and he barked through every class. “Hey! Hey. That food? Yeah. I want it. Give it to me. Now. Now. Now.”
Have to extinguish this one now. Ugh.
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I taught the Beagle to bark on command (my hand barking at him) as well as a “shhh” command (finger to lips)
He was, though, a tiny genius.
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I did the exact thing with my older dog (grand sire of the puppy). I thought it was brilliant and especially when considering showing.
But either did not invest the same time and/or the difference in temperament is to blame. Probably both. The little guy is kind of a dick. Smart as hell and impervious to criticism 
Which actually would probably make him a good obedience dog. My older guy was so sensitive to correction he did not enjoy competitive obedience training. Hoping to get more time soon to work with the puppy.
That sounds like Joey the Beagle (sounds like a Mafia name cause he was) to a T
