Sian did a talk in my local area a few years back, it was a really interesting event.

I can see that my dog doesn't understand her name in the same way we conceptualise a name. But she does recognise the word, and links it to an action. I want her to look at me I call her name, so to her she hears her name being the command word for look at me. When she listens ofcourse she's going through that teenage stage of ignoring every command 🤣🤣