Our dog knows me by my first name, and thanks to my determined effort our dog knows my wife as 'the lady'...

She also knows the name of her best dog friend and her friend's owner- to the point we have to spell out their names when discussing them- if we slip up and say their names in our dog's presence she gets excited thinking they are coming to visit. She knows the name of all her favorite people- its rather shocking just how much dog's understand.

I can tempt her to go out by telling her there is a squirrel in the yard- but ONLY if it is daylight, and she sees that I have actually looked out into the yard- she knows 'night squirrels' are not a thing, and that I can only know there are squirrels out there if I have checked first. After dark I have to say I see a deer to convince her to go out.

Often she is only willing to go out if it is clear I am prepared to go out either with her, or to rush to her rescue if something bad happens out there- so I have to put on shoes first- she knows I don't go outside barefoot. If it is cold, she will insist I put on a coat as well...