Let the bearded dragon keep its normal day
A bearded dragon stays calmest during a visit when nothing about its own day changes. Keep the basking light and heat on the usual schedule, feed at the usual time, and leave the enclosure where it always sits rather than carrying it to a quieter room at the last minute. A dragon that can bask, retreat to its cool end and watch the room from a familiar perch copes far better than one that is woken, moved and then handed between guests. Tell visitors before they arrive that this is a look-and-admire pet today, not a pass-around pet.
Read the beard, the posture and the glass
A bearded dragon shows stress in ways visitors often miss. A darkened beard, flattened body, gaping mouth or frantic scratching at the glass, often called glass surfing, all say the dragon wants the stimulation to stop. A dragon basking with limbs loose, eyes half closed between alert spells and a pale, relaxed beard is coping well. If you see the dark beard or glass surfing begin, act on it straight away: dim the room lights near the enclosure, reduce the crowd standing in front of the glass, and give the dragon an hour with nobody approaching at all.
Occupy the dragon before the doorbell rings
Set up occupation before guests arrive, while the enclosure is still quiet. Scatter chopped greens and a few pieces of squash among the branches and around the basking platform so the dragon forages instead of fixating on movement outside the glass. Add one item it does not see every day, such as a cork bark tunnel or a new arrangement of climbing branches, placed on the cool side so exploring is a choice, not an obstacle on the way to heat. A shallow dish of water and a hide at each end of the temperature gradient complete a setup the dragon can use without you intervening.
Set visitor rules that protect the dragon
Most visitor stress comes from tapping, looming and repeated handling, so set the rules kindly and early. Nobody taps the glass, nobody lifts the dragon out unless you do it, and children sit on a chair at enclosure height rather than pressing hands and faces against the front. If the dragon comes out at all, keep it to one short session with one calm person, supported with both hands, before the room gets loud, and put it back at the first sign of squirming or a darkening beard. After that, the enclosure stays closed for the rest of the visit.
Watch for stress that lingers after guests leave
Check the bearded dragon again the evening after a visit and the following morning. A dragon that refuses its next feed, stays in its hide through its normal basking hours or keeps glass surfing after the house is quiet again has had more stimulation than it could handle, and the next visit should mean a covered enclosure in a closed room instead. Note what triggered the reaction, whether it was crowd size, a dog in the room or handling, so you can change that one thing next time. Recording those visitor-day notes in KinsLe through Care Teams means whoever checks this dragon next time sees exactly which duties and quiet hours kept it settled.