How does your dog react to strangers coming into your home?

 Cheyanne will bark at them for 5 seconds but that's about it. Now if it's a UPS person I have to put her up because even though she hasnt yet I am afraid she will bite them. She hates the UPS truck/van so I dont know what she would do to the person driving it. She just developed this behavior and I am trying to figure it out.

Lillie could care less about strangers or even people she knows coming over. No one pays attention to the big dogs. Only the little dog gets the attention around here. I hate that so much.

Kujo has just learned to bark at people coming over. Other than that she does about her business.

Joker being a puppy wants to be petted and loved on.

 For the most part, well behaved, friendly... no barking and no aggressive displays.  Dell is still pretty exciteable tho, and struggles to contain herself when visitors first arrive.  If she contained at first and then loosed after a few minutes, she's OK.... all bar an embarrassing tendency to make a bee line for the guest and shove her nose in their crotch.  Yes, she is obnoxious

Gunnar will bark until told to be quiet but he always greets everyone with the wiggle butt, I want to be your friend look. I have only seen him growl at two people in his life, one was a sparklets water man and the other a young teen who reeked of pot, otherwise Gunnar has always loved everyone even people I do not care for much.

Hektor has to be closely monitored with strangers, he greets them all with suspicion,hair up, a low rumble growl that grows in size and stature, he does not bark, I normally have him sit with me while we greet them and then he has to lay down on his bed, visitors are told to ignore him and not engage although once he is settled we often let them toss him treats. Some he will walk over to and greet, others he wants to eat so it has been a long dranw out process getting him to accept strangers in the home. My sons both know that they are not allowed to have anyone ever come in when Hektor is present unless my DH and I are home, there is no doubt that Hektor could and probalby would bite if given the oppurtunity. He is very protective of my youngest son. Hektor has to be placed outside if my youngest son has any vistors over when we are not home.

 Hektor is friendly to strangers outside the home.

If Apollo decides to go to the door when someone is there he just looks at them and wags his tail, no barking or aggressive behavior at all. He's the same when the mailman comes and UPS delivery, no real reaction other than "oh, hi". One of our friends he does get very excited about, so Apollo will wiggle all over, maybe even bring a toy to the door for him. He NEVER jumps on anyone; we nipped that in the bud after the second day of owning Apollo and he knocked over my 72 year old Grandma (who's 90lbs soaking wet, and not even 5ft).

 They both bark up a storm.  Then when the person is inside, Woobie will go to a far corner and watch them (used to hide, getting better) and Indie sniffs their crotch. 

Cars coming down the drive are greeted by the LGDs.  They are usually (wisely) dubious about getting out so we rarely get surprise visitors to the actual house door.  I have to go out and tell Tully (who is the only one who will approach people threateningly), that it's okay.  If the visitors aren't too intimidated, I ask them to greet Tully because then they won't have to worry about him more or less (he'll still get uptight if they go near the sheep).

Once we've gone through all that, the dogs inside will swarm the newcomer looking for pets and for them to throw fetch toys, unless I interfere.  Usually if whoever it is isn't dog savvy, I'll crate about half the crew.  I also do that if the visitor has a dog with them, so the dog doesn't feel overwhelmed.

On the very rare occasions someone manages to get to the back door, someone alert bars, followed by Maggie's yodelling and a little from some of the rest of the crew.  Zhi is the most annoying and Lynn's barks sound the fiercest.  Cord, Ted, and Gus never bark.  Ben had a very strong, deep bark but he'd bark a few times and look at me, then when I said "Thank you" he'd stop and so would the others.  That's how I learned that trick.  Now I've transferred that to Maggie because she seems to have taken over that function again (has for a while since Ben's not felt 100% for quite some time).  But she is more stubborn and hard to stop - barking's in her blood!  :)

Anyway, as a visitor who somehow got past the guard dog primary alert system, you'd hear some short deep Lynn barking, Zhi's shrill barkhowl, and Maggie's bizarre yodelly noise.  Then it would all get quiet except when I opened the door, Maggie might still be running around going "Arroooo-roo-rooo-rooo-roo!"  Oh, and when the others started barking, you'd hear the LGDs in the distance and if you were "lucky" - not! - you'd be treated to the sight of 300 pounds of hairy white dogness thundering towards you  looking like they are ready to have you for breakfast.  They REALLY don't like getting caught off guard.

Our dogs, being typical labs, bark until the person is inside (even if it's just us, it's SO annoying but so hard to break them of it), and then are very happy and friendly once the person is in the door. They all loooove people! 

Depends - do the strangers have food on them or not? 

Both Jewel and Noel bark like mad but will quiet when told.There are a few men [guys my husband works with] that they will continue to be suspicious of and I have to put Jewel in a bedroom when the are over.

Tena

jenns

Depends - do the strangers have food on them or not? 

My JRT barks when he hears the doorbell or even the car door.  He gets on the arm of the loveseat closest to the door and wiggles and does everything in his power to get the attention of the visitor.  My two bigger dogs are very quiet and rarely bark and usually sort of mill around the feet of the visitor hoping for some attention.  When my brother-in-law visited recently, he came in and started talking to my DH and never even looked at the dogs.  All three ended up sitting at his feet and then they all went to a down!  They looked like "Hey, I should be getting a treat for this!".  Good lesson to keep in mind, ask visitors to ignore till dogs offer nice behaviour.

All three of my dogs bark like mad and then once the stranger is in the house it is jump and lick!

 If the dogs are outside, they bark.  River runs to the front porch - Brooke chases the car down the drive and Hailie barks from the porch.  Once the car has stopped they all go greet them.  The delivery truck are reluctant to continue down the drive (350 feet long) if the dogs are out and about barking they pull in very slowly and some won't exit the truck until I call the dogs.  The UPS man always has treats so the dogs are mad crazy for him to stop and let them in the truck with him.   Yes, they jump in the truck while he is getting packages - its cute.  Except Hailie she can't get in the truck she is too small so she waits patiently for her treat to be delivered with the package.

If the dogs are in the house when a stranger comes to the door, they both sit quietly by the door to see who it is. Neither will bark at a knock or door bell. If the person is invited in, Bandit politely smells then and returns to sit by my feet. Fury (5 month old pup) is just overjoyed with strangers. She wiggles all over the place and gives kisses.

 If the dogs are in the fence when someone comes up to the house, Bandit sounds like a ferocious manic. We've had a couple times when the landlord's son and another teenage helper have tried to go in the backyard to pick something up/work on something. After about a minute of trying to talk nice to him and his response of mad barking/growling, they give up & knock on the front door. If we let the kids in through the house and out to the yard by the back door, the dogs easily accept them though Bandit usually just watches from a distance. I have no doubt that Bandit would bite a stranger if they tried to come in through the back gate without us.

Seeing as Sam's still outside 90% of the time, he barks when people drive into the yard. If it's daylight, he just give a loud, friendly bark a few time. If it's after the sun set's and someone pulls into the yard, Sam gets very growly, and his barks go from friendly to scarey enough to make any smart human turn around. But he's a big baby, so it's all show.

Taz barks like a mad-man. Run's around trying to get outside, and once the people are actually IN door, he jumps up and begs for attention. The UPS guy thinks Taz is actually going to hurt him....it's kind of funny. And the pizza dilivery kid's always look sort of shocked that such a little dog made all that racket.

Dahlia usually rushes over to the door (by "rushes" I mean she moves fast than her typical slow walk) and then stands there with her tail wagging.  She doesn't jump on anyone and doesn't get overly excited (I'm not sure she EVER gets overly excited) and she doesn't bark.  I swear the dog would let burglars in and show them where the expensive stuff in the house was, especially if they just gave her a pat on the head.