DogiCircle Community Guidelines

DogiCircle is for dog-centered connection, responsible discovery, and helping Lost & Found dogs get home.

Be Kind And Real

• Use your real account and honest profile information.
• Treat other owners with respect.
• Do not harass, threaten, shame, bully, or pressure others.
• Do not impersonate another person, shelter, rescue, business, or official organization.

Keep Dogs Safe

• Do not encourage unsafe animal handling, neglect, abuse, or illegal activity.
• Do not use Lost & Found cards for jokes, scams, or unrelated posts.
• Do not make false ownership claims.
• Meet carefully and follow local laws when helping return a dog.

Avoid Scams And Risky Exchanges

• Be cautious with money requests, deposits, shipping, gift cards, or urgent payment pressure.
• Do not use DogiCircle to run scams, suspicious sales, or fraudulent rescue claims.
• Do not ask users to move conversations off-app to avoid safety tools.

Protect Private Information

• Do not post another person's phone number, email, address, social media account, or private messages without permission.
• DogiCircle may warn users when messages appear to include personal contact information.

Keep Content Appropriate

• Do not upload violent, hateful, sexual, exploitative, illegal, spammy, or misleading content.
• Dog photos and Lost & Found images should be relevant and safe for a general audience.
• Ads and announcements should be honest and relevant to the DogiCircle community.

Reports And Moderation

Users can report content or accounts that may violate these guidelines. DogiCircle may remove content, limit features, suspend accounts, or take other action to protect the community.

Repeated or serious violations may lead to account suspension.