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BS dogs understand many words. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...and-human-speech-scientists-say-a7216481.html
Can dogs understand what we say? | Dog Training | Animal Planet
"It turns out that people who talk to their dogs may be on to something. Studies show that the average dog can understand about 165 different words, in some cases more if you make a point of training them. This includes the basic commands such as "sit," "stay," and "go," as well as a range of other terms, assuming they're tangible words and not abstract ideas."
They don't understand the actual word. They associate the sound and respond. Take a person and a dog that have never heard a word before and then explain it to them in words only and see which one then can do what you explained. Stimulus Response... I thought that this was a commonly understood concept about dogs.