I'm a pretty smart dog
Words and phrases I understand:

  Word(s)   What it means to me  
1.     Alice    me  
2.     All the way    keep going the direction I'm going;
   keep doing what I'm doing 		 
3.     Are you hungry?    I should lick my lips if I want some food  
4.     Are you thirsty?    I should lick my lips if I want some water  
5.     Baby    me  
6.     Bad dog    I did something bad  
7.     Ball    toy  
8.     Bone    toy  
9.     Breakfast    food  
10.     Bring it here    bring them what I have in my mouth  
11.     Bring it to...    Bring what they're giving me to <person's name>  
12.     Car    vehicle of fun  
13.     Check it out    go investigate what they're pointing at  
14.     Closer    put what I have in my mouth closer to them  
15.     Come/come on    go to them  
16.     Cow    toy  
17.     Dinner    food  
18.     Do it again    do what I just did one more time  
19.     Do you want...?    always something good  
20.     Dog    me  
21.     Down    lie down  
22.     Drop    let go of whatever is in my mouth  
23.     Eat it/your breakfast/your dinner    eat what they're pointing at/my breakfast/my dinner  
24.     Frisbee    what I love to chase  
25.     Get it    same as 'pick it up'  
26.     Get the remote    find the tv remote control and bring it to them  
27.     Get the squirrels!    keep the squirrels out of the yard  
28.     Get up    stop lying down  
29.     Get your...    go find and bring to them the specific thing they're asking for  
30.     Give me a hug    put my paws on their shoulders  
31.     Go around    go around what they're pointing at  
32.     Go home    run to the front door  
33.     Go lie down    lie down where they're pointing to  
34.     Go to bed    go get in my bed  
35.     Go to work    run to the front door of the office * 
36.     Go to...    Go to <person's name>  
37.     Good girl    I did something good  
38.     Good morning    give them a 'hug'  
39.     Good night    same as 'go to bed'  
40.     Hedgehog    toy  
41.     Heel    walk next to them  
42.     Her    me  
43.     Hey Alice!    same as 'time to go home' * 
44.     Home    where they keep my food and my cat  
45.     Hurry up    do my thing in the ivy...  
46.     I'm going to close the door!    run and bark like crazy in case they close the door before I get to them  
47.     Inside    where I want to go after I've been 'outside' for a while  
48.     Just you    they only want me up on their lap, no toys, no playing  
49.     Kill the Cheesehead!    same as 'shake it'  
50.     Kisses    lick them on the ear  
51.     Let's go    go with them -- we're going somewhere  
52.     Move    get out of their way  
53.     No    I'm doing something bad  
54.     Off    get off the thing I'm on;
   move to a different spot;
   don't investigate what I'm looking at 		 
55.     Okay    I can move after a 'stay';
   I can do whatever it is I'm asking to do 		 
56.     Olé    jump into their arms  
57.     Outside    where I want to go after I've been 'inside' for a while  
58.     Over    jump over what they're pointing at  
59.     Pick it up    pick up what they're pointing at  
60.     Quiet    stop barking/don't bark  
61.     Recycle    put the piece of paper they give me into the recycle bin * 
62.     Rocky    toy  
63.     Say goodbye/hello    put my paws up on who they're pointing to and let them pet me  
64.     Shake it    shake what I have in my mouth  
65.     Shake    stick my paw out  
66.     Shamu    jump up high (like a killer whale) for a treat  
67.     She    me  
68.     Sheep    toy  
69.     Shhh    calm down, jump up on their lap and give them a kiss  
70.     Sit    sit  
71.     Speak    bark  
72.     Stay    don't move  
73.     Stick    toy  
74.     Sweet Pea    me  
75.     There he goes!    someone is running away * 
76.     This way    go the direction they're pointing  
77.     Time to go home    I get to go home * 
78.     Treat    good food  
79.     Up    jump up on/into what they're pointing at  
80.     Vitamin    treat  
81.     Wait    stop and wait until they get to where I am, then I can keep walking  
82.     Where's your...    see 'get your...'  

People I know by name:

  Name   Who they are  
1.     Craig    dad  
2.     Debra    Sage's mom  
3.     Erika    mom  
4.     Girlies    Sam & Jessie  
5.     Jessie/Jessica    Erika's sister  
6.     Ken    Dixie's dad  
7.     Nora    Dixie's mom  
8.     Patti    Craig's mom  
9.     Sam/Samantha    Erika's sister  
10.     Teffaney    work pal  
11.     Terrance    Sage's dad  
12.     Todd    work pal  

Animals I know by name:

  Name   Who they are  
1.     Bob    my cat  
2.     Dixie    another Border Collie (my buddy)  
3.     Marty    dog  
4.     Sage    another Border Collie (my sister)  
5.     Squirrel    the devil  

Sounds I recognize:

  Sound   What it means to me  
1.     clap    go to them  
2.     doorbell    bark like crazy and run to the front door--clearly someone is trying to break in and kill us  
3.     doorbell on TV    same as 'doorbell', but more confusing  
4.     humming    I should bark  
5.     meow    run to them to see what exciting thing is about to happen  
6.     snap    look at them  

* = at work only