She’s not just watching you. She’s judging how good you are at the job. A new study suggests female dogs size up our skills more than males do. Give two people the same task and many girl dogs will pick the one who looks competent. Researchers showed pet dogs two people opening clear containers. One person opened them with ease. The other fumbled and failed. When the third container came out, some had food and some were empty. In the food trials, dogs spent more time looking