Yep @Helen350 .
I have to admit, whenever I hear of a bite I think, Hmmmm, what did the person do to the dog??
Often it's because a person has done something inappropriate. (My oldest son got a really bad bite on the lip - well the bite itself wasn't so bad, but the result was pretty spectacular) because he was lying on the ground in front of the dog and blew in her face - something he'd done several times before and been warned repeatedly not to do. reaction - it startled her and she quickly snapped ( and caught his lip). He almost need plastic surgery.
IMO this was TOTALLY my sons fault, and he was brought up with dogs and should have known better.
I am always nervous with any guests ( not just aribnb guests - any non immediate family) and animals. A lot of people don't have what I would consider common sense around animals - but then I always had lots of animals, and if you haven't had that opportunity, then you've not had the chance to develop the common sense. So no ones fault, but you just can't assume people know how to behave. And if something goes wrong, 99.9% of the time the poor old animal cops the blame.
(We have a train carriage at our home which we are renovating and considering aribnb ing - BUT we have 3 dogs, chooks, a goose, a pig, and even though the airbnb would be gated off, the idea just makes me really nervous)
And of course, there are definitely rogue animals, including dogs, that ARE biters, for whatever reason. I've been bitten myself by one, just walking past a house on the footpath. Fortunately never owned one like that, (though we did have a rooster land my middle son in A and E with pretty significant injuries...)