Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 23, 2026

Dogs 180 respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how Dogs 180 may collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit Dogs180.com, contact us, submit an assessment or inquiry, schedule or purchase services, or otherwise interact with Dogs 180.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Dogs 180.

Information You Provide to Us

You may provide information such as:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Home or service address

  • Emergency contact information

  • Preferred method of communication

  • Appointment or scheduling information

  • Messages, questions, and information submitted through website forms

  • Information necessary to provide requested services

Information About Your Dog

When requesting training or pet care services, you may provide information about your dog, including:

  • Name

  • Age

  • Breed or breed mix

  • Sex

  • Vaccination information

  • Veterinary information

  • Medical conditions

  • Medications

  • Allergies

  • Feeding instructions

  • Behavioral history

  • Bite history

  • Training history

  • Training goals

  • Reactivity, fear, aggression, or other behavioral concerns

  • Care instructions

  • Photographs or other information you voluntarily provide

We collect this information to evaluate service suitability and provide safe, appropriate care or training.

2. Assessments, Contact Forms & Service Requests

When you complete a Dogs 180 assessment, contact form, consultation request, or other online form, we collect the information you choose to provide.

This information may be used to:

  • Respond to your inquiry

  • Evaluate your dog’s training or pet care needs

  • Recommend appropriate services

  • Schedule an assessment or appointment

  • Communicate with you about your request

  • Maintain business and client records

Submitting an assessment or inquiry does not create an obligation to purchase services.

3. Payment Information

When electronic payments are available, payments may be processed by a third-party payment processor.

Dogs 180 does not intentionally collect or store complete credit-card numbers or other full payment credentials when those details are entered directly into a third-party payment processor’s system.

Dogs 180 may receive limited transaction information, such as:

  • Payment status

  • Amount paid

  • Transaction date

  • Payment method type

  • Transaction or confirmation number

Third-party payment processors handle payment information according to their own privacy and security practices.

4. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Dogs180.com, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting provider, analytics tools, security services, or similar technologies.

This may include:

  • IP address

  • Browser type

  • Device type

  • Operating system

  • Approximate geographic area

  • Pages viewed

  • Referring website

  • Date and time of visits

  • Time spent on pages

  • Website interactions

  • Technical or security information

This information may be used to operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website.

5. Cookies & Similar Technologies

Dogs180.com may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on a device that can help a website function properly, remember preferences, measure website performance, analyze traffic, or provide security features.

We may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as:

  • Essential website functionality

  • Website security

  • Performance monitoring

  • Analytics

  • Remembering visitor preferences

  • Understanding how visitors use the website

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services used by Dogs 180.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features function.

6. Analytics

Dogs 180 may use website analytics services, including services provided by Google or similar providers, to understand how visitors use Dogs180.com.

Analytics providers may collect information such as:

  • Pages visited

  • Approximate location

  • Device and browser information

  • Referral source

  • Website interactions

  • IP-related or similar technical information

Analytics information helps us understand website performance and improve the visitor experience.

Third-party analytics providers process information according to their own privacy policies and technologies.

7. How We Use Information

Dogs 180 may use collected information to:

  • Respond to inquiries

  • Provide dog training and pet care services

  • Evaluate service suitability

  • Schedule appointments

  • Manage client relationships

  • Communicate regarding appointments or services

  • Provide estimates, invoices, receipts, or payment information

  • Maintain client and service records

  • Improve training and pet care services

  • Operate and improve Dogs180.com

  • Monitor website performance

  • Protect the security of the website and business systems

  • Prevent fraud, abuse, or misuse

  • Comply with legal, tax, insurance, or recordkeeping requirements

  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

  • Send marketing communications when permitted

We attempt to collect and use only information reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes.

8. Communications

If you provide Dogs 180 with an email address or phone number, we may use it to communicate with you about:

  • Your inquiry

  • Your dog

  • Assessments

  • Appointments

  • Training programs

  • Pet care services

  • Schedule changes

  • Service-related information

  • Billing or payment matters

  • Important policy or business updates

Dogs 180 may also send occasional promotional or marketing communications where permitted.

You may request to stop receiving promotional email communications at any time.

Requests to stop marketing communications will not prevent Dogs 180 from sending necessary service-related communications regarding an active inquiry, appointment, service, payment, or client relationship.

9. How We Share Information

Dogs 180 does not sell personal information to data brokers.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to operate our business or provide services.

Information may be shared with service providers that perform functions on behalf of Dogs 180, such as:

  • Website hosting

  • Website maintenance

  • Scheduling

  • Form processing

  • Email delivery

  • Payment processing

  • Analytics

  • Website security

  • Spam prevention

  • Data storage or backup

  • Business software providers

These providers may receive information necessary to perform their services.

We may also disclose information:

  • With your authorization

  • To a veterinarian or emergency provider when reasonably necessary for your dog’s care

  • When required by law, subpoena, court order, or other legal process

  • When reasonably necessary to protect the safety, rights, or property of Dogs 180, our clients, animals in our care, or others

  • In connection with the sale, transfer, restructuring, or continuation of the business, subject to applicable law

10. Veterinary & Emergency Information

When you provide veterinary, medical, medication, emergency-contact, or similar information concerning your dog, Dogs 180 may use that information as reasonably necessary to provide services and protect the dog’s health and safety.

In an emergency, relevant information may be shared with:

  • Veterinarians

  • Emergency veterinary hospitals

  • Animal-care professionals

  • Your designated emergency contact

  • Other persons reasonably necessary to protect the dog

11. Photographs & Media

Dogs 180 may photograph or record dogs for purposes such as:

  • Training documentation

  • Progress updates

  • Client communication

  • Educational content

  • Social media

  • Website content

  • Marketing

Where consent is required or appropriate, Dogs 180 will obtain permission before using photographs or recordings for promotional purposes.

If you have questions or concerns regarding use of your dog’s image, please contact Dogs 180.

12. Data Retention

Dogs 180 retains personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Retention periods may depend on factors including:

  • The nature of the information

  • Whether services are active

  • Business recordkeeping needs

  • Tax and accounting requirements

  • Insurance requirements

  • Safety documentation

  • Dispute resolution

  • Legal obligations

Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted, destroyed, anonymized, or otherwise disposed of when appropriate.

13. Data Security

Dogs 180 takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure.

Depending on the information and system involved, these measures may include:

  • Encrypted website connections

  • Password-protected systems

  • Restricted access to business information

  • Website security tools

  • Software updates

  • Backups

  • Security monitoring

  • Use of reputable third-party service providers

However, no website, email system, storage system, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

For that reason, Dogs 180 cannot guarantee absolute security.

14. Data Breaches

If Dogs 180 becomes aware of a security breach involving personal information, we will evaluate the incident and take reasonable steps to secure affected systems and information.

When notification is required by applicable law, Dogs 180 will provide required notices to affected individuals or governmental authorities.

15. Your Choices & Requests

You may contact Dogs 180 to request that we:

  • Correct inaccurate contact information

  • Update information about you or your dog

  • Stop sending promotional emails

  • Provide information about personal information we maintain about you

  • Delete certain information that is no longer reasonably necessary

Dogs 180 will consider reasonable privacy requests and will comply with rights provided by applicable law.

Some information may need to be retained for legitimate purposes such as:

  • Tax or accounting records

  • Payment records

  • Insurance documentation

  • Safety or incident records

  • Existing contractual obligations

  • Legal requirements

  • Establishing or defending legal claims

For this reason, not every deletion request can necessarily result in immediate deletion of every record.

16. Children’s Privacy

Dogs180.com and Dogs 180 services are intended for adults responsible for dogs and are not directed toward children under 13.

Dogs 180 does not knowingly use the website to solicit personal information directly from children under 13.

If we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected through the website without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it when required.

17. Third-Party Websites & Services

Dogs180.com may contain links to third-party websites or use third-party tools and services.

Examples may include:

  • Scheduling providers

  • Payment processors

  • Social-media platforms

  • Mapping services

  • Analytics providers

  • Email providers

Dogs 180 does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties.

When you leave Dogs180.com or interact directly with a third-party service, that provider’s own privacy policy and terms may apply.

18. Social Media

Dogs 180 may maintain profiles on third-party social-media platforms.

Information you submit directly to a social-media platform is governed by that platform’s privacy practices.

Information you voluntarily send directly to Dogs 180 through a social-media message may be used to respond to your inquiry or provide requested information.

19. Do Not Submit Unnecessary Sensitive Information

Please do not submit highly sensitive personal information through general website forms unless Dogs 180 specifically requests it through an appropriate method.

Examples include:

  • Social Security numbers

  • Government identification numbers

  • Bank-account credentials

  • Complete credit-card numbers

  • Account passwords belonging to other services

Dogs 180 does not need this information through general website inquiry or assessment forms.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Dogs 180 may update this Privacy Policy as our services, website technologies, business practices, or legal requirements change.

When we make changes, the revised policy will be posted on Dogs180.com with an updated effective date.

Material changes will apply prospectively as appropriate.

21. Contact Dogs 180

Questions, concerns, or privacy-related requests may be directed to:

Dogs 180

Email: leann@dogs180.com
Phone: 704-881-1142

When making a privacy request, please provide enough information for us to reasonably identify your records and understand your request.

Dogs 180 may take reasonable steps to verify a request before disclosing, correcting, or deleting personal information.