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...