I have to put Gracie in the bedroom when I have workers over but not because she is protective! She loves these people and honestly would leave with any of them They always make a fuss over her and she loves it. She once snuck out with the cable guy. He didn't see her and neither did I because I thought she was in the bedroom with my daughter. When he finally left he found her up near the road (we live quite a distance from the main road) She has really scared the daylights out of me on several occasions! She is a real people puppy.