Is this acceptable to you?

[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.