Testing Google Analytics code in Dev environment before Live

Here is a typical scenario…

Every site will have a Dev and Stage environment to test the code before taking the build live.

These environments would typically not be accessible from outside world…

How can we test google analytics code in such a case? Any pointers?

I know I am supposed to put answers here, not questions…

May be I’ll post a follow-up to this question…once I get something…

I tried to Google this, but so far haven’t found anything significant exceptthis, and even that doesn’t have exactly what I am talking about…

Ideally, I would want to track the Dev environment in a totally separated section…Would I need to create  2 accounts?  Even if  I do create  2 accounts, How do I make my Dev server accessible to Google Analytics?

Tags: Analytics on Dev, Google Analytics, Testing Google Analytics