Terms of Use

Welcome to Doggy Blurb[dot]com, your number one source for dog news and dog related topics on the internet.

In order to make the on-line experience comfortable for all our users, please read and abide by the terms and conditions.

We may change these Terms and Conditions from time to time without any prior notice. So please check back periodically for the updated version. By accessing DoggyBlurb.com, it is understood that you have read, understood, and agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions each time you log onto our website.

1.  Website content.

The website, Doggy Blurb, and its contents are intended for personal and non-commercial use. All materials on the site (including, but not limited to text, blogs, graphics, articles, photographs, images, illustrations) are considered content. These materials are protected by copyright. You agree to abide by all copyright notices, trademarks, and restrictions on the site which are not owned by you. You agree to abide that you will not use material to reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, upload, sell, or exploit for any purposes whatsoever.

The website is protected by copyright. You may download or copy the content on the site for personal, non-commercial use. You may not modify, publish, sell, or reproduce (except legally in written form by the company owners) any material to exploit in any way.

While using the website, your posts, comments, images, information, and other content you provide is shown worldwide on the internet. By presenting content on the site, you fully understand that the information you provide may be used by the company through its services and visible to other users. Once you post content on the site, the company is hereby granted non exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable rights to fully exploit the content/information/materials and allow others to do so as well. You understand that the company as full rights to reformat, modify, translate, create derivate works of, you submit on the site. You understand that all information publicly or privately posted through the website is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content was created by. You understand that the company cannot guarantee the identity of any other users you choose to interact with through the services of the website. You understand that you access the website at your own risk and you are solely responsible for any damages and losses to any parties there on out.

Under no circumstances will the company be liable in any way for any content, errors, or omissions in content. You understand the company can monitor any content and the company reserves the right to remove or block content from time to time.

2.  Image Terms of Use.

Our editors and contributors commonly include images as part of their blog posts. The images that are authorized to usage are as followed:

-Images that are licensed from vendors.

-Images that are supplied to our editors or released to the public by domains of public relations, marketing companies, press, or through other purposes.

-Images that are supplied by readers. These images that we receive are assumed with legal implications, meaning, the reader has submitted the images with their own copyright and this gives us the right to use the images on our site.

-Images that are published on public photo sites with licenses granted under Creative Commons (CC).

A.  Images covered under the Fair Use Doctrine:

-Images that illustrate newsworthy stories.

-Images that are widely distributed.

-Thumbnail images that are 150px by 150px or less. They can be cropped and reduced in size from the original source.

B.  Image infringement:

If you believe an image is posted inappropriately on the site and does not keep with the terms listed above, we reserve the right to remove the specific image. This means if you think we have published an image or text that violates your copyright, we will address your concerns. However, if the image fails into one of the listed categories above, and we find that the image is, in fact, legitimate, we reserve the right to NOT remove it from our site.

3.  Professional and Medical Advice.

All contents on this website (which may include graphics, text, images, search results, data, information, and other third parties) are provided for general, entertainment and informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, treatment, or diagnosis. If you have a question about the welfare of your dog, always seek professional medical advice from a qualified healthcare practitioner. If you think your dog has a medical emergency, call your doctor or dial 911 (in the United States) immediately. Our company does not endorse any specific usage of medicine, products, diagnostic testing, or any other type of information provided on the Doggy Blurb website. If you choose to rely on any such information, it is solely at your own risk. If you find any content to be offensive, please do not use our website.

4.  User conduct, Comments and Group Discussions.

To make our family’s comments interesting, informative and peaceful, please use this list as a guideline for those members who wish to voice their opinions:

-Abusive, threatening, intimidating, harassing, obscene, offensive, sexually explicit, defamatory, or libelous material is prohibited on our site.

-Do not post any type of material that will violate copyright.

-Do not post any confidential or sensitive information.

-If a comment is posted, it will be assumed that it has been posted by you.

-Keep all comments and opinions relevant to the topic at hand.

-Collecting email addresses and information of other family members from the Doggy Blurb site for any means prohibits the Terms and Conditions.

-Creating “spam” or any unwanted electronic communications to hinder the enjoyment of the website’s family members.

-Use or attempt to use the site to gain unauthorized privileges and access to control the server, computer, computer network, passwords, encryption codes, or to store other third party content and information.

-Use any type of device or software to interfere with the site and retrieve private data.

-Solicit anyone especially a minor (under the legal age of 18).

-Use the site for any other purpose intended by Doggy Blurb.

5.  Your Warranty and Restrictions.

You warrant, represent, and agree that you will not contribute content on this website that infringes or violates property rights, proprietary rights, privacy and publicity rights or any other rights of a third party. You abide to your state law, statute, ordinance, or regulation.

Doggy Blurb reserves the right to remove any content from the site for any reason (including, but not limited to, claims or allegations from third parties or authorities that claim breach of Terms and Conditions. You, not our company, are the sole responsible party for all content(s) you place on our site (including, but not limited to uploads, posts, emails, and comments). You warrant that you possess all rights necessary to provide such content on the site. You will be responsible for withholding, filing, and reporting all taxes duties and other governmental assessments associated with your activity on the Website. All access and use of the site is at your sole risk so please exercise caution while accessing, viewing and especially downloading content and software from the internet.

6.  Sharing Information.

Our company will never rent or sell your personal information to anyone. However, we may share it only with your written consent.

7.  External Link Disclaimer.

Our company constantly contains links from external and third party websites. We do not endorse, guarantee, or approve the information from which information is taken from these sites. Any link does not indicate any type of endorsement or partnership with our company.