[oneliRafmeene]

I got this from a horse board I'm on. The dog is a mutt, probably a shepherd mix of some sort.

I had the equine dentist out and we were talking saddles. She's got this super duper bareback pad she's looking at so I wanted to show her the LJ.
Now... we've had people in the house before, not a lot, but once in a while. Emmutt will bark an obligatory bark or two and then sit next to me.
But when this woman came in, Zephyr of course greeted her 'cause she loves everybody, Fuji hid. Emmutt was OK 'til I left the room to get the LJ. Then he was ON GUARD. Barking and snarling and carrying on, and she better NOT dare move another step into the house! No way, not on HIS watch, buster!
As soon as I came back in the room, he was fine again, and they all wanted to go outside to play.
Wow... I'm so impressed with my chubby bubby!!! I didn't know he had it in him. Several people agreed that the dog did a good job.
This was my response:
I gotta disagree on his good behavior.
If I invite someone into my house, my dogs better be friendly towards them, even if I step out of the room.
Now, if someone comes in uninvited, that's something totally different.

You invited this lady in, he should have accepted her and treated her in a friendly manner, unless she showed an 'unfriendly' sign. Her response to me;
Kit, your dogs are yours to train as you like. So YOUR dogs wouldn't be considered good behavior. But please don't tell me what my dog "should have" done. For me, living out in the middle of nowhere, when I left the room and he felt we needed protecting against an unknown person... he was a very good dog in MY house, and that's the way it's going to stay. After all, people have invited all sorts of unsavory people in their house without knowing it, so just because they are invited doesn't make them automatically trustworthy to roam the house unassisted.
Is it just me that things it's wrong, or would other people allow their dog (no matter what breed) to bark & snarl at someone they invited into their house?
I dont' have a problem with a dog being on alert, but unless the guest does something to warrant being barked & snarled at I don't think it should happen.