I was fully aware there were dogs in the home. Yes, they are nice dogs. They will bark as you come and go (even in the middle of the night). I was not prepared to have such a powerful dog smell hit me in the face as soon as I walked in the door. I told myself I can do this and you get what you pay for. This is what I paid for... heavy dirty dog smell as if the dogs had not been bathed in a couple of years permeating throughout the house, a mouse chewing in a night stand next to the bed all night long (holes left in the wicker), long dark hairs in the sheets, and private room with no lock on the door, plus more. Regan was very nice when I spoke with her, however, she denied any smell and said "no one has ever complained about the odor but I probably transferred dog hair from my clothes". I simply cannot believe no one has ever complained. There is no way the whole house smelling like dirty dogs could come from a transfer of hair from her clothes. Regan also denied hair in the bed and said no one had slept there and if it was there it was probably hers (still gross). She never addressed the mouse in the room. To keep my clothes from smelling like dogs, I never took my clothes out of my suitcase instead slept in the same clothes I had on from traveling on a flight since 5a that morning, been to the grocery store in, cooked and cleaned in AND then slept on top of the covers with my own sweater as a blanket so I didn't have to sleep on someone else's hair. I didn't report everything to Regan that went wrong because at that point the denials and insinuation that I made it all up would do no good. I told Regan I would pay for the night since I actually chose to stay that night. I left early the next morning. I was forced to pay for the next night too (Thanksgiving) because she said she would not be able to book again for that night. I am sorely disappointed in how this was handled. I am also very disappointed in myself that I didn't take photos. I shouldn't have had to but definitely should have. Funny enough I found out later a friend of mine stayed here a while back and her review (that was removed) said "please clean everything. It is dirty and it smells bad". I won't be surprised if my review gets removed also. I believe more bad reviews have had to been removed. As I said before, Regan WAS very nice in speaking to me however, not only were my issues not addressed, I still had to pay for a night I did not stay. I should not have had to pay anything at all. Very disappointed because this place has such potential to be so neat especially with the location and the historic home. Come on Regan, do better!