OMG, I'm so sorry you had to go through all that. But seriously, your story made me kinda feel better about my situation. Last summer, I had to stay with a family who has 5 pets (3 cats and 2 dogs). It was disgusting! They had all kinds of fleas, ticks, and bugs. I could just catch several of them as I sat on the couch watching TV. The bathroom that I used had cat poop in the bath tub. That family even has a little box in the kitchen and it smelt so bad, I couldn't stand it. One of the dogs had a very serious flea problem and he smelt gross. He kept scratching himself and some of the fleas would fly right in me
So, needless to say, I got bites all over my body
no matter what I did to try to stay away from those animals.
Being from a family with only 1 dog long time ago, that summer was extremely tough for me. I was so so so happy when school started and I could leave that freaking house. I doubt that I would want a pet anytime soon.