Lab behaviour question

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Our 2yo Lab is a dream.....except for when people visit us.
When we’re sat on the sofas with e.g. my parents, he stands in front of me and barks continuously.
To me, he’s attention seeking and it gets worse when we’re talking.

What can I do?!

He’s always well exercised and only behaves like this when we have company.

My lab does this very occasionally for attention, I make her go outside!

Do you all completely ignore her? Maybe if you all just sit there and say nothing and ignore her till she stops, then give her attention after she's been quiet for a minute it might help her realise that being quiet is the way to get the attention she wants.

Are you able to describe what else happens in the lead up please?

When they ring the doorbell, what happens, and what do you do? When the visitors come in, what do you do? What does the dog do? When the dog barks at you, what do you do? What does the dog do?

Without the detail which Happiest Sleeping mentions - when my lab boy has done this, I calmly ask him to come settle in his bed for me. He does, gets a gravy bone , and peace reigns. He just wants attention, and I need to gently tell him it’s not his turn…

When the doorbell rings he gets excited and barks.
If it’s DH or one of the DCs he doesn’t continue with the excited, barking behaviour as I guess they’re familiar to him.
With others, he carries on being excited, they will usually give him a stroke and when they sit down this is when the continuous barking happens.

I think I will try the “reward when quiet” approach. He responds well to praise.

Do you happen to have any form of camera in the house to monitor what he does if someone comes to the door and nobody is in?

I have a lab who gets very excited by the doorbell and visitors although he does calm down quickly. I am trying a similar approach to @Azaeleasinbloom , starting with telling him to go to his bed, and rewarding, then adding the doorbell. In the interim, I have an imaginary line that he is not allowed to cross in the hall. The latter has been quite effective as, although it hasn't stopped him barking yet, he does stay behind the line at least.

I ask about what happens when you're out as mine just carries on sleeping and completely ignores the doorbell if nobody is home to alert.