How do your dogs act when someone knocks at the front door?

[Aspen and Misty]

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ps: Yes, they ARE that bad.

[cali]

they bark, and yap,and run to the door, so we just open the window, tell the person to hold on, while we run around grabbing dogs, putting them in kennels, then we open the door for em lol with barking the whole darn time

[Kfamr]

They bark and then hush when I tell them to.

[KYS]

Sheba will bark and Rocky will just look out the door.
Sometimes he will surprise me and bark.

[lute]

Beanie runs back and forth to the door and barks. then greets them and never stops licking them.

[guster girl]

Finn used to be really crazy, but, I've worked with him (by using the techniques in the dog listener) and now he just goes to the door and I tell him to get back and that's pretty much it. He used to bark and jump up on people. He doesn't bark at all now and rarely jumps. And, he's only 8 1/2 months old, so, not too bad!

[senorita02]

Face my Rott goes absoulutelu Nuts!
He will bark ferociously with a certain bark he only uses when he is really alert and trying to be protective, and even if it is my sister or someone he know sweet talking him he wont let up, he knows better than to fall for someone sweet talking him or bribing with food, haha
Senorita usually does whatever he does but her tail wags the whole time she thinks its a game, but Face means business.

[petslover]

When someone knocks on our house. It sounds like the dog pound lol.. They run to the door barking and all.. The little ones hate strangers so usually we put the dogs out in the backyard or lock them in a room till the company leaves. My dogs are crazzy!! haha, but i love them.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

When the doorbell rings, they both RUN to the door and wait to see who it is. Sometimes Molly barks, too.

One time we were watching a movie, and on the movie the doorbell rang, and they both got up and ran to the door thinking someone was there. They came back a few minutes later with this "Huh?" look on their faces. It was great.

[Twisterdog]

My dogs go balistic when someone knocks at the door. They all run to the door, barking at the top of their lungs. Rude, yes. But effective, as well ... I watch salesmen and strangers literally jump and start to back up away from the door.

[wolf_Q]

Nebo is not supposed to go in the room where the front door is. He knows the boundary quite well, so normally he'll wait at the edge of the room and just wag his tail. He doesn't normally get super excited, and he NEVER barks when the door rings....but he does always have to go upstairs to check it out.

Reggie and Sydney are a different story. UGH. Both run right up the door barking like mad and usually try to bolt out the door (especially Reggie). Luckily both of them are good about coming back inside (Nebo would take off down the street if he bolted out the front door).

[pitc9]

BIG BIG Barks out of Buddy (wow does he have a HUGE bark)
He'll run right to the door. And always means business!!

Sierra... she barks, but stands behind Buddy!!

Then as soon as we let the people in the house, I tell the dogs "It's okay" then they start sniffin'... and sniffin'...
Sierra is funny... she'll sniff... but if the person sticks their hand out for her to sniff... she'll back up and howl at them!

Like .... um... I'm sniffing on MY terms thank you!!

One thing I love... they never ever jump up on people, neither ever has!

[Pam]

Both of mine run to the door barking and usually Ripley will grab a toy and prance around with it in his mouth and then drops it when he barks and picks it right back up again and the process is repeated.

If it is UPS or someone like that, I will step out on the porch to sign as I don't trust Ripley. He was picked up as a stray at the shelter, and he darted out my door about a month after we got him and we had a horrible time catching him (I think I know why he wound up as a stray). Bella would most likely stay put but, with two of them to keep my eye on, it is just easier to step outside.

When visitors come, I usually pick Ripley up until the door has safely closed behind them. Once the visitors are inside the barking stops but the tail wagging speeds up even more and Ripley always runs to get something in his mouth. Bella used to jump up on people but she doesn't any more. The only person Ripley jumps on is me when I come home (then it's like he has little springs on his feet.)

[Rachel]

Oh, my! At least I'm not alone in these scenerios. If I know someone is coming, the first thing on my mind is to have Hannah go outside to empty her bladder, or there might be an embarrassing accident amidst the excitement of visitors, if you get my drift.

Someone comes to the door and Hannah barks like crazy. Tucker runs to get a stuffy and barks the stuffy muffled bark, but not crazy like Hannah, just two or three intermittant ones. I too use the leg as a shield to keep Hannah from making a dash for it. Then Hannah attempts to jump up on the guest and I'm hollering *off, Hannah, Off!* Then there is a bit of running around and finally everyone settles down.

[cloverfdx]

Clover and Elvis either get put outside or locked in another room, yes they are nawtee . Both will bark non stop and snarl etc they are very protective, if it is someone we know Clover will welcome them in but not Elvis .

Penny is great if it is someone she knows or ANY child at all, she will welcome them in and wiggle around their feet. Theodore barks and howls and then runs and hides, he does not like visitors.