my dogs have never met the mailman lol before Misty broke the old front dooreverytime the mail came is was bark bark bark bark for a good 15 minutes every day(the was glass down to the floor) but when we replaced the door that Misty broke, we had it custom made with a window on on the top, so the dogs dont even notice unless the lid happens to be really squeaky, or the mailman is sick and there is a replacement that walks right onto the front porch to drop in the mail(our mailman cuts down the barking by walking up the side, reaching over the rail and dropping in the box, so the dogs dont hear him on the porch and they cant see him through the window)