@Alexandra316
Yep, that is why I stopped hosting guests with dogs.
I had this enquiry from a guest who had two dogs which she wanted to bring along....Why on earth would someone want to go on a holiday with two dogs?????
I looked at the request for a while and I asked her in the message stream what sort of dogs they were!
She replied..."Oh, the're about the same size as your Betts!"
I thought about it and thought, oh well, maybe good company for our dog Betts ....why not!
Well bloody hell, these people arrived with two Burnese Mountain dogs! They were the size of roadworking machinery...the sort that cuts tunnels through mountains!!! Each must have weighed at least 70 Kgs (160lbs) and our poor garden was absolutely devistated! It took months to recover! All the guest said on leaving was...."I hope the dogs were not too much trouble!" Jeeeeeeezzuussss
Another guest brought along a little dog....once they get below 8 Kgs they are just....little dogs to me, I have no idea of breed! And I guess the description 'little dog' is not entirely accurate! When they are that small, they are not so much a dog, as a bladder with four legs!
This little 'thing' tried to piddle on my shoe when it arrived and at one point rushed through the rear doorway into the house and threw up on my carpet! All the guest would say is..."Oh the poor little dear must have eaten something that disagreed with him" ....YES I KNOW IT WAS....IT WAS MY FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN!!!
Guests do not look on their little treasures as we do...they think whatever they do is....cute!
Say in your review, "I have reluctantly come to the conclusion animals and hosting don't mix. As lovely as these guests were, their dog undid all they great work. I would love to recommend them but, their dog, I am afraid does not make that possible"!!
Cheers......Rob