And she knew better than to try another way to get attention. Being put in the barn with the new breeders had been humiliating enough, but Mistress had taken away her bell - with the bell, went her ability to request her late night milking and bathroom break. Her Mistress was quite put out with her, she knew. The handlers had come to take care of the regimen for the cows in training - individual milking and feeding schedules were tended to.
The morning bell had sounded two and a half hours ago.