@Barbra3 , good for you to always check a booking and find out ahead of time if there is any discrepancy between who booked and who will show up, especially as you raise your prices after one guest. To preempt any kind of misunderstanding about it, I put into my house rules " no other guests beyond the one(s) that have registered."
Wanting to show up with a dog could easily happen to you again, as you feature your own dog in your profile pic, so people may just think, oh, she loves dogs, I bring mine as well! If I were you, I'd simply put "no dogs" into your house rules, that takes care of it. To get a clear sense of who is coming, I also put it into my house rules that guests must have a clear profile picture of themselves, how else is one supposed to know? That certainly made me more comfortable when I had IB on.perhaps consider setting a good example and exchange your profile pic for a real one? as a guest I would like to have an idea of what my hosts looks like, somit could only get you more bookings.