My Jack Russell mutt is the same. She knows something is up when I point but she relies on her own nose, ears and eyes to determine what. My Black lab before her and Sheltie Terrier before him would follow my finger. Could it be a female or a breed thing?
I don’t know what it is. My collie was neither an idiot nor a genius. It may have been just him. He was, however, the sweetest dog ever.