There was once a report from West Virginia I think...
Man was hunting and training two new dogs. the dogs alerted...he shot the game. He walked to his kill and knelt down laying his shotgun down next to him. One of the pups was getting excited and jumping around. The pup stepped on the gun and it went off, shooting the man in the leg.
The police were taking a statement about what happened when they asked, for the report, what was the dog's name. The man said, "dog". The officer said, "then what's the OTHER dog's name?" The man said, "dog".
, ect.... Also dogs have been trained to alert differently vs the old bark and scratch.