We were very disappointed with our stay and our communication with John. Prior to our arrival I text John with no response and had to call twice before I could reach him to confirm the access code. During our conversation he notified me that his dogs are staying on the property and he would be the following night. This detail was not on the listing when we booked and was added after we stayed here. When we arrived at the house the dogs were in the laundry room (accessed from garage) and I called John to confirm that we rented the entire house and to ask if we needed to feed the dogs. He informed me that his neighbor would be coming by to feed them. We are dog lovers and we felt very sorry for these dogs home alone with the owner out of town and gave them fresh water. After going out for dinner we returned to the house - about 5 minutes later the dogs startled my mother - we did not realize they had come inside while we were gone through the laundry room. Our dogs started scrapping but we were able to separate. The house overall was not clean :master bedroom sheets had stains that had not been washed; lacked fresh towels; dusty; bugs/flies in pantry and throughout house. The mattresses in the 3rd br were very hard. I had to use my body weight (125 lbs) to enter the front door because it sticks pretty bad. The neighbor came through a door in the backyard (without letting us know) to feed the dogs but turned around when he saw us. There was a note on the kitchen counter from the previous guests so we do realize that John had not been in the house since those guests had stayed there (about a week or so I think). We feel that John should have had someone check the house prior to our stay to ensure it was cleaned. When John arrived Saturday we expressed our concerns but there was no solution offered. John smoked in the garage that night and we could smell it in the house. We had to monitor our dogs in the backyard because the dogs were barking at each other through the fence that separates the yard (all dogs being territorial). Had we known of the dogs & John staying on the property we would not have booked here. We looked into leaving during our stay but could not find dog-friendly availability. We came to Austin to attend a classic car show my Father had been looking forward to for months. This was supposed to be a relaxing getaway weekend for my parents (one is caretaker and one has cancer) but was very stressful, uncomfortable and disappointing.