Is this acceptable to you?

[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.