@King149 I see posts like this from hosts, too. Wanting to rescind a nice review they left for a guest, because the guest left an unflattering review.
You know what I tell them? That it seems extremely childish to do so. If you have left an honest review, you should never have reason to regret it. Reviews are intended to be an honest reflection of one's experience, not tit for tat, you leave me a nice review and I'll leave you one.
I read both your review of the host and the host's review of you. Considering that you have lots of great reviews as a guest, hosts aren't going to give much weight to that one 5 word review, anymore than guests would take a review saying the place was filthy, when the host has pages of reviews saying it was immaculate, to heart. Neither hosts nor guests are so gullible as to believe every review they read, especially when it's an obvious outlier.
Your review of the host was extremely brief, and only says there was lots of light, with good beach access. I assume those things were true, so rescinding your review would simply be for revenge and isn't going to change or remove the review he left for you, which is your concern. And rescinding a review does not give you the opportunity to rewrite it.
Obviously a place that allows dogs should be accepting of the fact that there will be dog hair to clean up (altho you could be a responsible dog owner and try to clean up as much of it as possible- if there isn't a vacuum cleaner provided, you could ask for one. And either bringing along some dog blankets or asking for some old sheets or towels, so the dog doesn't leave hair on the furniture would be nice)
What I would do if I were you is to just leave a response to the review, if you feel it is not an honest review. All you have to say is
"This was a pets allowed listing, so of course the host should expect that there may be dog hair to clean up. We did not leave the apartment dirty. There were actually several issues with this listing and the host, so it's possible that he anticipated a bad review from me (didn't happen) and so chose to leave me a bad review.
Please refer to my other reviews for an accurate account of my behavior as a guest."
That will do you far more good than rescinding a one liner review you left for the host, which will not benefit you in any way. It's not like you went on effusively about what a great host he was or how fantastic the accommodation was. His low ratings and guest complaints will catch up with him.
It was considerate of you to not want to tank this host's business by mentioning the isssues, but in the future you should be honest. If the host attempted to extort you, appliances didn't work, etc. you should mention those things to warn future guests. A host who doesn't maintain his property or tries to extort guests shouldn't be in business anyway- it gives a bad name to Airbnb and therefore affects all hosts.
And you should always be fair and mention the pros along with the cons. A review doesn't have to be either "good" or "bad".
There are things that you may want to mention to a host in private feedback rather than the public review. I had a lovely Airbnb guest, who, like you, uses Airbnb a lot, give me a 5* review, but she sent me private feedback saying there was a lot of cat hair on the outdoor cushions. I was very grateful she had kept that comment private, as if it was public, guests might think my place was covered in cat hair. In reality, it wasn't even my cat, but a stray who likes to sleep there and I hadn't even noticed the cat hair. I thanked her for bringing it to.my attention, and I always make sure to vacuum those cushions now.
But if a place is poorly maintained, or dirty, or the host is objectionable in dealings with guests, that should be noted in the public review.
