Hi again
Hopefully this alternative will help. Getting a head collar such as a halti would really help as it will give you full control of her without any physical effort and without having to pull and fight against her. Have her on the lead and halti and have someone from your family knock on the door pretending to be a visitor. As soon as she reacts shake a can with some coins or nails in it to make a loud noise and surprise her then ask her to sit and when she does give her a treat and lots of praise. This is the alarm/no-redirect method and is a useful alternative if time out is not a possibility. Once you have worked on the signal of knocking on the door ask them to help you practice desensitizing her to the sounds of cars driving into the driveway. This will take many regular sessions but you should soon see improvements. As she gets better you can practice without the head collar and lead. The general idea is to make listening to you much more interesting and rewarding than worrying about noises.
Use the same method when actual visitors are coming, if you do not know they are coming beforehand you will obviously not be able to have her on the lead and head collar but you can still use the can surprise and redirect her with a command and treats and praise.
Hopefully this method will be more suited to your situation, let me know what you think.
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