Well Raven is 2, but she's very puppyish still . She really is fine with 'strangers' so to speak. She's more reserved and not as excitable. It's just with people she knows and has come to associate as part of the extended pack sort of. My parents love the dogs, but I think they are misinterpreting what is going on here. The dogs are welcome at their house and so Raven usually accompanies me to visits, too. She just behaves like an excited puppy when she sees them, "WHERE have you BEEN?! WOW! I love you love you love you!" But ahh you know. It's more exuberance than they want and I agree she's too 'in your face' about it. It would be easy I think if we could work together in how they react to it but it's proving more difficult to address than I would wish.