Does your dog judge you? Female dogs often prefer the more 'competent' person

Dogs pay attention to various aspects of our actions and make judgments about, for example, social vs. selfish acts. — Willeecole/Dreamstime/TNS

Female dogs prefer the competent person when opening a food container, researchers say.

“Dogs are highly sensitive to human behaviour, and they evaluate us using both their direct experiences and from a third-party perspective,” researchers at Kyoto University wrote.