Well, to be fair, she may not be planning on going anywhere except out for walks. Your area looks so beautiful that if I booked it, I’d arrive with all the groceries I needed and just relax and enjoy myself there.
1 Like
Yes we like it when guests do that! Our treat package makes sure guests won’t starve, get thirsty or miss breakfast.
However the closest “walks” are just the long steep driveway and on private property trails where they have to go with me, and Bella, and Loki preferably…who do not like other dogs.
Loki is feeling better but still must rest. His tumor is slowly diminishing. Hopefully not cancerous. He is such a PRINCE!
5 Likes
I also do not feel any compassion for people who bring fake service animals or want to bring pets to a no pets listing.
2 Likes
@##$$%%$$$&****
guest response to decline!!!
“exactly”, “must be On a leash,” “you’ve had other experiences where you had no issues with service dogs”, and more. So “clearly”, you have the misunderstanding.
Second of all my golden retriever is a service dog thank you. “Clearly, your golden retriever is not a service dog”…. How can you state that when you have absolutely no clue! You didn’t ask for her paperwork, which I would’ve gladly provided with license by the Sacramento police department.
If you absolutely wanted no animals, you should’ve stated that in your first message to me. Versus
6 paragraphs about how it would be ok, but recommended to stay at home
I will definitely be sharing this with Airbnb services and service dog associations."
mine here after seeing THIs
Why didn’t you state that your retired police dog is a service dog? If this fact had been made clear by you, none of this confusion would have happened.
Is there a chance that the person is confusing “service” (as in public service such as police officers fire fighters, etc.) and “service animal” that is trained to perform a health-related situation? I don’t know why a health-related service dog would have papers from the Sacramento police department.
7 Likes
Guest 1st note entire.
“Me and my dog if possible. She is a retired police dog (9year old Golden retriever)”
I’m trying to find out if police service is automatic lifetime “service dog”. I thought that service animals were supposed to help their handlers. Which I guess a police dog would do, but this I assume owner is not using it as a police dog anymore.
I did decline and this is the bs shes throwing at me
See if you can get Airbnb to block this person.
3 Likes
Airbnbn will probably side with her if she takes it to them as she has threatened to do. Yesterday, CS agreed with me no pets at a no pets listing. Of course she can pay for a “certified service animal badge”, and if she produces that, Air will ding me somehow,
I expect.
royalpitass
Wow, she sounds like real charmer. Probably would have been an entitled, PITA guest even without the dog.
A service dog is defined as one that performs a task for a handler with a disability. Not one that’s been used in police work.
1 Like
Denied guest now digging her own grave and showing signs of host harassment.
Julia12:13 PM
Why didn’t you state that your retired police dog is a service dog? If this fact had been made clear by you, none of this confusion would have happened.
Julia12:40 PM
I don’t know why a health-related service dog would have papers from the Sacramento police department.
Aguest9:59 PM
When did I ever say she is a health related dog. I didn’t. Simply said she is a retired service dog. Police dogs are device dogs.
p/s I’m changing my wording for people that ask about bringing their dogs to be much more clear, direct, stronger against and include the TWO QUESTIONS//// 
** “Is the dog a service animal required because of your disability?”*
** “What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?”*
4 Likes
Please let us know if the message blocking process works.
I have tried to use it and it doesn’t get to the end to finalise.
2 Likes
Nice work, gypsy. You managed to lead her into stating unequivocally that the dog performed no health-related tasks.
You’d make a good police interrogator. 
1 Like
@gypsy It’s amazing how quickly they show their true colors. She sounds like the one I had last summer who went ballistic when I refused her ESA, same threats, said she would get me shut down. When she found out emotional support animals were no longer protected she pulled out the “my husband is a disabled vet card” and you’re not allowed to refuse them either. SMH.
2 Likes
You know @gypsy , this is the problem of having a nice Airbnb like yours. Guests get angry when you deny them.
If you had a plain vanilla listing like mine, they move on quickly and find something else.
2 Likes
I think you mean ESAs. Service animals are protected.
2 Likes
HAHA yes I’d get sore too if I couldn’t enjoy Tiny Tiki!
1 Like
Yes, thank you. I’ve edited it.
1 Like
I think I’ve denied three in 4+ years/.
Generally regretful but it felt right at the time.
New to the forum…different nations different rules - we are a no pets FHL and it seems to work well - so far. Heard so many horror stories about pet damage that we decided to go No Pets as a hard and fast rule. Welcome note also reiterates this. The flip side of non-pets is what about guests who have allergies(?) We recently had a guest who had a bad reaction to dog hairs and feathers (absolutely no problems with his stay) - the implication of pets is the need for deep clean at quite some extra expense. (As an aside on another residential rental we had the tenant ask if his daughter could keep a (note singular) rabbit as a pet. We agreed - got to smile looking back - when the tenant moved out we discovered that they had close to started a rabbit farm - burrows all over the garden (quite a lot of earth needed to back fill), straw in under stairs cupboards - garage full of rabbit droppings and straw/bedding - you get the picture…lesson learnt give an inch, some people take several miles.)
3 Likes