Making initial contact by looking at the dog and calling out resulted in more consistent response from the dog, in this latest research. When presented with a video of a person turning to look at one of two identical pots, the dogs more often looked at the pot when the human in the video looked straight at the dog and called “Hi dog” in a high pitched voice before turning to look at the pot. When the person in the video avoided eye contact and spoke the words in a low tone before looking at the pot, the dogs were less likely to look at the pot. This is similar to the response patterns found in human infants during gaze following studies.