DO NOT STAY HERE IF YOU HAVE PETS OR A SERVICE ANIMAL. While this is one of the few pet friendly locations to rent in town, the host's dog, who we were told was a service dog, was an absolute raging nightmare the ENTIRE VISIT. We were not listened to AT ALL regarding how we wanted our service dog to be interacted with by the host or his dog. He insisted that his dog and ours be introduced off leash, in his back yard, when we protested, we were ignored. His dog immediately began showing EXTREMELY aggressive and dominant behaviors. Our dog is trained not to respond to these types of things, so attempted to get away from the host's dog and press closer to us. We decided immediately to keep them separated for the duration of our stay and assumed this would prevent further problems as our dog is kennel trained. We discussed that his dog may not like cats, and had already previously decided to keep our cats in the bedroom with us anyway.
That said, the room was no larger than 10'x10'. This would have been fine, as it is about perfectly shown in the photos, but the host's dog began immediately and constantly whining at our door, scratching at it to get in. The host assured us that he would calm down and just wanted to play with our dog, his "new friend" as he called him. When we repeatedly voiced that his behavior was bothersome and stressful for us and our animals, we were ignored. The dog's behavior escalated over the next few days, and the dog became more aggressive, bordering on violent. He began lunging into our bedroom door in what appeared to be an attempt to get through it. He bayed regularly, and from about 9 am each morning to about 11 pm each evening, no matter what we did, the dog whined audibly, snuffled, licked and pawed at our door. He physically took food out of our hands, no matter what we did. He climbed on the counter and took food from the counter if you so much as blinked. We stayed as long as we did, because we had a package being shipped to this house, we expected to arrive within the first 3 days. It did not.
Finally, after the 10th day of being afraid to use the toilet or kitchen, and the CONSTANT NOISE, I was in the kitchen for a short jaunt and the dog began his barking at our door, I shouted "Stop it! Enough" at him. To which the host got less than one foot from me, pointing his finger into my face, shouting at me that he had "one rule" and not to shout at his dog. 1. We were never told not to shout at his dog. 2. if he had done ANYTHING throughout our stay to even remotely moderate his dogs behavior, I wouldn't have felt the need to do it for him.
This is not a pet friendly home. This place is not safe if you have pets. This was an absolute nightmare and I am so glad that it is over with.