Is this acceptable to you?

[GreyhoundGirl]

I love it when my girl barks at the door. She stands on her back legs and leans on the window still, It makes her look like she's about 5 feet tall !!!

Often though, I am home alone ( or with just my brother ) That is when I especially enjoy Jen's behavior.

I live way out in the forest, it would take a while for police to get here.

When delivery people come, she just walks out onto the doorstep and sniffs thier ankles

I think she knows weather I like people or not. Sometimes my moms friends come over ( who jen has never met before ) and she doesn't jump up on the window sill.

Yes, I do let Jenny bark and grow and snap and bare her teeth at pizza delivery people.( through the window ) I don't want to confuse her about when to protect me.

Sorry to any delivery people Jenny might have scared to death. ( she looks very fierce, especially if you don't know what she's really like. )

[Merlin]

I can't control my dog from barking at the door and so it is somewhat acceptable for me. I just think of it this way, the dog has just as much right to talk as you.

[Bronx'sBower]

The only time ours barks is if he doesn't know someone is there and they startle him but otherwise he is quiet. He will bark if its someone he doesn't know but that doesn't happen often. A few months ago I had a strange homeless man show up to my front door and I opened my window to talk to him since the door was still sealed from winter. He just stared at me for almost a minute and then asked if I needed him to do any yard work. Firstly I have the neatest yard on my block so I found it odd but secondly he didn't even have a lawnmower, weedwacker or rake. He eventually left but Bower didn't bark once at him, I don't know if that is because the guy wasn't threatening but he sure as heck scared me. I only hope if it happens again my Bower, now much bigger, will scare them off. The one thing that ours does do that bothers me bad is he likes to jump on certain people. I can't for the life of me figure out how to keep him down, I started the "OFF" command and it works sometimes but if he is really excited it doesn't so I have to crate him til' he calms down. But it doesn't teach him anything I don't think, I am planning on obedience classes soon but is 7 months too late to start? I feel irresponsible for not taking him to classes but he really is a good pup. He just needs to learn he's not the alpha and that daddy isn't the only alpha...

[lv4dogs]

My dogs will bark & charge at the door when someone knocks. I actually never had a problem with that part as I lived alone for quite some time, it's nice to have some "guardians" to protect you & your property. But it stops there, I do not like dogs that crowd the door & continue to bark when you are answering it. They quiet down when I strt to approach the door and I tell them to "back up" and they obey, leaving room for me to actually answer the door. They don't back up too much, just enough to give me some room, which is good, as I said before IF it were someone that posed a danger to me the dogs are not too far away.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Mine bark and charge the door when the door bell rings or if someone knocks at the door. It's not a big deal though because I don't answer the door unless I'm expecting someone. If I'm expecting someone I either watch for them and answer the door before they knock, or if it's family they just come in.

[Alysser]

I don't find this behavior acceptable at all. I figure, I hate it when dogs do that to me, so why would I let my dog do it to someone else? I absolutley HATE it when Sassy does it, but I usually don't allow it because I pick her up or put her in her crate until she settles down. When she knows someone she usually just sniffs them, which I allow. I let her bark at people I don't know as a warning, sure, she is a little "puff ball" but she DOES have the capablity to draw blood of an intruder if nessacary, not to mention, if I open the door, I always check out who it is before I do so.