@Robin4
Ah so this is also the photo @Sarah977 has pointed out as well.
As it happens the young couple who stayed with me also had a french bulldog. After they checked in I got a message that they had not noticed I wasn't "pet friendly" and that they had a service dog, small french bulldog, that was perfectly trained and they offered to give me a deposit and assured me they would take responsibility for any damage.
I assured them that I liked dogs, (the part about not pet friendly put me off) but that I was a new listing and wasn't sure how to go about hosting pets yet, as there is no feature for that on the site, but thanked them for letting me know. I also know ABB policy and would allow a real service dog anyway.
My experience with service dogs was with real ones seeing them out and really impressive.
The next day I noticed the said service dog chasing after wildlife in the back yard, unleashed. I didn't want to say anything. Then after check out, the bedspread was torn and muddy. I change out all the bedding between guest, mattress and pillow protectors included, and there was dog hair all in the sheets and on the bare mattress. This was a new $500 mattress as well.
The rest of the apartment was clean but also staged. For example they squired some toilet bowl cleaner in the toilet just to take a picture as evidence they had cleaned the bathroom, when in fact the toilet hadn't been cleaned at all. The bedspread was folded in half to try and hide the tear marks and mud. I guessing they just stripped all of the bedding and locked the dog in the bedroom when they went out?
So strange. They definitely knew how to game the system. I'm sure they also had some kind of papers for their dog as well.
Following that I updated my house rules to be more emphatic about not allowing pets.
To me I would want more communication for guest bringing pets. By the time they messaged me I wasn't prepared. I even bought a bed spread on sale that I've never used thinking I could use it for pets if I decided to host pets. They would have all completely different bedding from guest who don't have pets, a bed for the dog. I still have my dog's bed and bedspread. They would also have to walk their dogs, etc.
I don't expect this policy to change. Would be great if it did. As it is now the popular listings book up way in advance and get better guest.
For me, I think its better to try and work around and avoid the high risk guest as best I can. While its ok for other host to post concerns here I get the feeling there is a different set of rules and policy for me, and I already have so much time invested its best to keep a low profile and just hope the bad guest don't get to be such a problem that I have to consider other options.