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Today’s reservation is not departing until Sunday. Following that I don’t have another reservation until Thursday, April 13th. By then, my dog should be much better and done taking antibiotics/painkillers/etc. I have all non-booked dates blocked off in April and May due to my concern about the dog’s potty schedule and my work schedule as it is.
So I think I’m going to leave well enough alone, since I already warned the reservation on the 13th that my dog may look a bit rough then as well. If there’s one that I should’ve cancelled it was probably today’s due to the length of stay, how close it was to when he got hurt, etc.
I am comfortable with saying this and doing this. It is part of a potty-training strategy that was recommended to me by a professional. It is not advice for anybody who thinks in black and white absolutes.Those people also tend to be the ones who don’t ask questions and jump to conclusions with any evidence. It’s a form of cognitive impairment. I personally have no use for the opinions of people who think like that.
What you really seem to be saying is that you have no use for anyone who disagrees with you, so you characterize their thinking as shallower than yours regardless of whether that is true. Anyone can call themselves a dog training professional; there is no required education, no professional standards and no tests required. Dogs have fewer sweat glands than humans. Drinking water is one of the ways they have to cool themselves. Also, according to my veterinarian (who went to vet school) most dogs don’t drink enough water which can result in kidney problems.
What kind of professional would recommend that? You have been vague in your claim. Give the name and website of this so called professional. Otherwise I will feel free to “jump to the conclusion” that depriving any living animal of water to control its urine output is most definitely cruel and
inhumane. (And by the way when you are dehydrated you pee MORE.)
And you may also feel free to disregard my opinion, call me cognitively impaired and go ahead deprive a living creature of water so that you aren’t inconvenienced by their normal bodily functions.
I called AirBNB today to see if they’d allow me to cancel a reservation I have from May 10-14. The issue: I have to travel again for work on May 11-12. Under normal circumstances I’d board my dog while I’m gone and still honor it, but because of what happened I want to hire a sitter who can both house sit AND dog sit for me on those dates. I don’t really want to board him around other animals until he is completely and totally recovered. He will be well on his way by then, but not quite there.
Instead of Air cancelling, they said they’d contact the guest on my behalf by phone and ask if they are still comfortable staying if I have a house sitter who is not me looking after the dog.
This specific guest never responded to a message I sent last week about my new job and my dog’s potty schedule being a bit altered. I am pretty sure AirBNB will not get a response out of this guest.
This is super frustrating. I hope they can reach her…if I don’t hear anything in the next day or two I may try to call the guest myself.
I reached out to the guest for May 10-14 directly this morning. I sent her a text message explaining the situation with the dog sitter and then copy/pasted it into Air messages as well so it would be there for AirBNB to see.
She responded and told me that her son and his GF are the ones staying, not her, but she is sure they will be fine with it. She sent that to me both via Air as well as via text.
That of course, is a third party booking and against the rules. I called Air, and they’re going to cancel it.
Her son then texted me directly to see if he can book under his own account and explained that he had trouble logging in the night he made his reservation which was why he used his mom’s account instead. My personal opinion is I’d rather not have any guests at all while I have the dog sitter here but I feel guilty because both he and his mom said that they have a flight booked and concert tickets already so this is the final piece.
I’m stressed out, but I hate to say no so I think I will still allow them to stay. I have to wait for Air to cancel the one under his mom’s account though. The rep I spoke with said he was transferring the ticket back to the one I spoke to yesterday and she might not be working today so I will just have to wait.
However, I snoozed my listing today so that I don’t get any other inquiries for awhile, and I still have all unbooked dates blocked for April and May because I’m just super stressed out between nursing my dog back to 100%, finishing up a part time grad school semester, and my new full time job. GAHHHHHH!!! lol
OK thanks for your input. That makes me feel like less of a jerk if I do change my mind and say no. I really am feeling less than great about possibly still hosting them. I don’t think they’re shady, just didn’t know the rules - but I’m just really stressed out about everything I have on my plate on the whole and would rather not…
They were an instabook. The original message from them said:
“Hello! My girlfriend and I are flying to [City] from [State] to see [band in town for a concert]! We’ll be getting in Thursday morning, so we needed to book Wednesday night too. Talk to you soon!”
I (wrongly) assumed that it was a same sex couple from that because he didn’t say he was using his mom’s account or sign his name there! And I do appreciate that they were willing to pay for an extra night per my policy so that they could check in Thursday morning. I redacted details of my city, their state, and which band it is because internet detectives can exist.
I found out that it was his mom’s account when I texted her today about the dog sitting scenario and then she was like “Oh, that’s my son and his girlfriend who used my account.” And then thankfully she also put that in writing in the Air message feature.
I apologize for escalating this side-thread with my words and tone which suggested a lack of sound judgment on the part of fellow forum contributors. In good faith, I offered advice that was given to me which, in hindsight, requires common sense, professional guidance and supervision. I was responding to the irritation I felt from being misunderstood and the rush to offer opinions about what is or isn’t the correct way to do things. I absolutely did not need to point out the pitfalls of jumping to conclusions to sound superior. So I hope you all will accept my apology and we can move on.
