Köter is German for mongrel or cur. Not the nicest of terms, but if the dog is so clever he leaves you little alternative. Chucho in Spanish would be similar. Chien, cane, sobaka, gos… your dog could make you learn languages!
Sort of on subject in a weird way but my Wife and I have an Amazon Alexa. Works Ok.
But when we talk about Alexa between our selves, we call it Henry.
“Should we get music over TV streaming or … umm… Henry.”
Kind of makes me wonder when Alexa is going to learn that.
ETA: Funny you call Alexa “it”, thought (s)he was a “they” 
I’m not sure I ever heard “cane” in isolation. It always seemed to be “brutto cane”.