Terms & Conditions

Website Terms and Conditions

Bark Busters North America LLC, dba Bark Busters USA ("Bark Busters" or the "Company") maintains this site (the “Site”) for your entertainment, information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse the Site. You may not download, distribute, transmit, modify, reuse, report, or use the contents of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video without Bark Busters' written permission.

Your access and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions below.

You should assume that all material on the Site is protected by copyright unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as permitted in these Terms and Conditions or in the text of the site.

YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR RISK. BARK BUSTERS MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO ITS ACCURACY AND BARK BUSTERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF THE SITE. NEITHER BARK BUSTERS NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SITE IS LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS, THE SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

Features and specifications of products described or depicted on the Site are subject to change at any time without notice.

Bark Busters assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.

Bark Busters does not wish to receive any proprietary product, marketing, advertising or other ideas that are not covered by issued United States patents. If you send any communications or materials to the Site by email or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, excluding information protected by the Privacy Policy, all such communications are, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post, other than that which is protected by the Privacy Policy, may be used by Bark Busters or its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting.

Furthermore, Bark Busters is free to use, without any compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products or services using such information.

Materials displayed on the site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Bark Busters. The use of these materials by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission is provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the text or images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes.

The Site refers to products and/or services that are generally available in the United States, but may not be available in your particular country, state, county, city or other locality. The reference to any such products or services in this Site does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time in your particular locality. You should therefore check with your local Bark Busters Home Dog Training authorized professional for specific product/service availability in your locality.

Bark Busters is not responsible for the content of any site linked to or from the Site. Your linking to any other site is entirely at your own risk. While Bark Busters may provide links on the Site to other sites, the inclusion of such links is for your convenience only and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the owner/sponsor of the site or the content of the site. Bark Busters disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, legality, or otherwise of any materials or information contained on such sites.

Bark Busters may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. Since you are bound by these Terms and Conditions, you should therefore periodically visit this page by clicking the Terms and Conditions hyperlink at the bottom of the Bark Busters web pages to review the then current Terms and Conditions.

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the “Trademarks”) listed below are trademarks of Bark Busters. Any other Trademarks used in the Site are trademarks of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, or otherwise, any license or right of use any Trademark displayed on the site without written permission of Bark Busters, or such third party owner. Please note that this Trademark list is periodically updated and that neither this list nor its updates are all-inclusive lists of Bark Busters and its affiliates’ trademarks. If there are any questions pertaining to Bark Busters Trademarks or this Trademark list, please send inquiries to us via the “Contact Us” link.

1. The Bach & Buster dog logo
2. The Bark Busters Home Dog Training logo
3. The Written Lifetime Guarantee logo
4. The Pawprint logo
5. Any graphics depicting Bach & Buster

This Site and these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. Bark Busters makes no representation that materials or services at this Site are appropriate or available for use outside the United States, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use or export or re-export the materials or services at this Site or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation U.S. export laws and regulations. If you choose to access this Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Tell Us What You Think

Bark Busters welcomes your questions and comments about our privacy policy and terms and conditions. Please contact us with questions or comments.

This page was last updated October 20, 2023.

Terms and Conditions

By accessing or using any areas of our website you are bound by the terms and conditions set forth below, as well as the terms of our Acceptable Use Policy and our website Privacy Statement. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you may not access or use this website.

Bark Busters reserves the right to revise these Terms and Conditions in its sole and absolute discretion. Your continued use of this website shall constitute acceptance of any such revisions.

All dog training and related services are provided to you by our individual franchisees and are subject to a separate agreement. Please contact your nearest trainer for more information. 

Permission to Use this Website

Many portions of this website are available for public viewing and use. You must register or enter into a separate agreement with The Company to access other portions of this website. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth on this page, our Acceptable Use Policy and our Privacy Statement, and the terms and conditions of any license or other agreement pursuant to which you use our products or services, The Company grants you permission to do the following: (i) view and use for intended purposes those portions of this website to which we have granted you access; (ii) make one complete, unaltered electronic copy and/or one complete, unaltered paper copy of any page on this website to which we have granted you access, provided you retain all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights notices and that you use it solely for personal or internal business purposes and do not distribute or republish it; (iii) obtain our products and signup for our services, subject to payment of all applicable charges and agreement to the terms and conditions of any license agreement or other agreement associated with those products and services; and (iv) use the discussion forums, contact lists and e-mail links to which you have been granted access to interact with The Company and other users of our products and services in ways that do not violate our Acceptable Use Policy. Any other use of this website or its contents is prohibited without first obtaining written permission from The Company.

Copyright, Trademarks and Other Proprietary Rights

This website contains text, data, software, photographs, graphics, videos, music, sounds and other information and material that is protected by state, national and international law pertaining to copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights. Unless indicated otherwise, all of this content is the property of The Company and/or its licensors or affiliates, and The Company and its licensors and affiliates reserve all rights with respect to this website’s content, including, without limitation, all rights to copy, display, distribute, transmit, modify, remove, and create derivative works of it.

Trademarks, product names, company names and logos appearing on this website are the property of their respective owners. You must obtain permission from those owners before copying or using their trademarks, product names, company names or logos.

Linking, Framing, and Metatags

You may make referential links to any of the publicly accessible pages on this website that are not password protected, subject to review and termination by us at any time and for any reason. Please be aware that we continually update and revise our website. We cannot guarantee that each page to which you may provide a link will remain available or that its content will remain the same.

You may not link to our website in any way that might lead others to believe that our website or any of its contents were created or are operated or offered by you or any party other than The Company.

You may not use any of The Company’s trade names, trademarks or any of the textual content of our website as metatags in your own website, unless we have granted you a license explicitly permitting you to do so.

Communication and Submissions via this Website

You represent and warrant that any information you provide to us through this website is, to the best of your knowledge, true and correct, that you have the right to provide such information, that such information does not infringe on or violate the intellectual property rights or any other right of any third-party, and will not contain any defamatory, explicit, or obscene content. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Bark Busters harmless from any and all third-party claims arising out of or related to any information you to us. 

Whenever you communicate with The Company or others using this website, including its forums, forms and e-mail links, your communications are nonconfidential. The Company is free to use all submissions, ideas and feedback contained in your communications in any manner that is consistent with our Privacy Statement, including, but not limited to, incorporating your suggestions into our product and service offerings without any financial or other obligation to you.

Member Account, Security and Password

If any of the products or services available to you on this website requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You may be asked to choose a username and/or password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify The Company immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. The Company will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by The Company or another party due to someone else using your account or password. You may not use anyone else’s account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.

Third Party Statements and Opinions

The Company is not responsible for any opinions, advice or statements made by third parties. Except as required by law, we have no obligation to monitor users’ postings to our forums or to remove or retain forum content, although we reserve the right to do so.

Third Party Products, Services and Websites

Third parties may develop or provide tools, skins or other software applications or components, materials, data, content or other products or services for use with our products or services, some of which may be accessible on or via this website. The Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to the quality, reliability or non-infringement of any third party product, service or material accessible on or via this website. Your rights with respect to third party products, services or data may be subject to the terms and conditions of separate agreements with the third parties providing them.

This website may contain links to third party Web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are not intended as a certification or endorsement of the owner of the website, the website’s content, or any products or services available on or via the website. The Company does not control and is not responsible for linked Web sites, or any Web sites (other than our own) that are linked to them.

No Warranties

THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. The Company, AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTROLLED OR CONTROLLING ENTITIES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, “AFFILIATES”), MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ABOUT THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT, AND THEY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE AND NOT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT, OR THE AVAILABILITY OR QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE VIA THIS WEBSITE (EXCEPT AS MAY BE SET FORTH IN ANY LICENSE OR OTHER AGREEMENT RELATED TO THOSE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES).

Limitation of Liability

NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DISTRIBUTED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF ERRORS, OMISSIONS, LOSS OF DATA, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, INTERRUPTIONS OR DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORIES UNDER WHICH RELIEF IS SOUGHT AND EVEN IF THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LOSSES OR DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY’S AND ITS AFFILIATES’ TOTAL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE EXCEED $1O.

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED

SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT THE EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THE EXCLUSIONS OF DAMAGES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE IS UNENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Binding Arbitration

Bark Busters may, in its sole discretion, require you to submit any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of the website, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying California law.

Export and Import Restrictions

This website is controlled and operated by The Company from its offices within the United States. The Company makes no representation that the products, services and other materials available through this website are appropriate or available for use in other countries, and access to them from countries where their contents or use is illegal is prohibited.

DMCA

Bark Busters reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to remove any content you submit through the website, including, without limitation, if such content infringes upon the intellectual property rights of any third-party.

You may notify us and contact us to provide information about any alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). Any such DMCA notice must include:

If you believe that your content that was removed pursuant to a DMCA notice does not infringe on any third-party copyright, or that you otherwise have the right to submit such content, you may send a counter-notice and contact us here to do so. The counter-notice must include:

Upon receipt of the counter-notice, we will notify the original complaining party. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against you within 14 days following such notice, we will re-post the content.

Miscellaneous Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions contained on this page apply generally to your access to and use of this website and our products and services. Some of these terms and conditions may be modified or superseded by expressly designated legal notices located on other pages of this website or by the terms and conditions of the licenses or other agreements pursuant to which you obtain our products or services. A specific provision in any of those notices, licenses or agreements that addresses the same subject matter as a provision on this page overrides the provision on this page.

No delay or failure to take any action or exercise any right that The Company may take or exercise pursuant to these terms and conditions or applicable law will constitute a waiver of that action or right by The Company.

Any litigation arising out of or related to your access to or use of this website will be brought only in the United States District Court for the District of California, or, if federal subject matter jurisdiction is lacking, then in the California state trial court for the division and county in which The Company’s or its successor’s or assign’s principal office in California is then located. By accessing or using this website, you submit to the personal jurisdiction of these courts and waive all objections to placing venue exclusively before them. The prevailing party in any litigation will be entitled, in addition to any other relief granted to it, to recover reasonable attorney’s fees, expenses and costs incurred in connection with the litigation.

The terms and conditions contained on this page will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of California, USA, without regard to any of its choice of law rules that might lead to application of the law of another jurisdiction. If any of the terms or conditions contained on this page are determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable term or condition will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable term or condition that matches the practical effect of the original provision as closely as possible. These terms and conditions set forth our entire agreement with you related to your use of this website, and they prevail over any other communications we may have regarding its use, with the exception of an agreement signed by an authorized representative of The Company that explicitly authorizes a use which is inconsistent with these terms and conditions.