@Kristina46
Yes, on their 'how to host' page there is a whole section explaining to hosts how they should prepare for and look after guests animals. There is even a section telling hosts how to look after pets left in their care when guests go on outings without them! Airbnb considers this a better option than the guest just locking the animal in a room to wreak havoc while they are gone! Wow, don't tell me Airbnb actually thought of the host!!!!
It's all about providing the guest with a nice trouble free experience. The poor sodding host is expected to pick up the pieces (or what ever else the dog has left behind) smile and say what a wonderful pleasure it was to have them soil and destroy their home!
Pet owners accept that pets have their own way of expressing acceptable behaviour. They are happy to clean up after them, fix up the damage they do...and make excuses for them!
"Oh, he isn't that badly behaved, that's just his way of saying he likes you", as that little bladder with 4 legs cocks it's leg on your Nike sneakers, or deposits a nugget of joy on your white shag pile carpet! Pet owners expect this.......but why should we hosts have to!
And many pet owners now deliberately 'game' the system by swearing their dog is a support animal of some description. They are not required to prove it, and hosts are not allowed to reject the guests word......service animals must be accommodated.
I am a dog owner and we love our dog as do all the guests that come here but, I let a woman bring her two dogs along after she assured me these dogs were quiet and placid. When they arrived these dogs turned out to be Burnese Mountain dogs each weighing about 60Kgs. They completely destroyed our garden trampling on whatever was in their path as they charged around in it and frightened the hell out of our dog. This woman thought this was nothing unusual and made no attempt to control them.
I thought after that experience....'that's it, I don't care if its a goldfish in a bowl.....it's not welcome'!
Oh, you do have an advantage with not just getting animals into your state Kristina, it is getting them out as well......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5OAr1quQII&ab_channel=RobertLemRobertLem
Cheers.........Rob