Website Terms of Use & Public Reliance Disclaimer

Crown & Collar Institute website materials are provided for educational, organizational, documentation, recognition, membership, and community-development purposes.

Website materials may include:

Crown & Collar Institute website materials do not replace professional advice.

Nothing on this website should be treated as a substitute for:

Crown & Collar Institute recognition is selective, documentation-based, and review-based.

Using this website, submitting a form, joining a pathway, expressing interest, participating in a future club, or reviewing standards does not guarantee:

Breed health pages, DNA-based pairing review language, OFA references, PennHIP references, cardiac review, eye examination, airway review, respiratory review, temperament review, puppy development records, and documentation standards are educational and recognition-based.

Health testing, DNA testing, PennHIP results, OFA results, cardiac exams, eye exams, airway review, veterinary records, or Crown & Collar Institute recognition do not guarantee:

Working Canine Prospect Recognition™ may recognize documented foundations that may support therapy, service, facility, emotional-support, or working-canine pathway potential.

It does not guarantee final suitability, certification, legal status, task-training completion, public-access rights, handler eligibility, placement success, or working outcome.

Genetic Restoration & Preservation Recognition™ may recognize documented, transparent, welfare-focused preservation or restoration work.

It does not guarantee improved health, breed acceptance, registry acceptance, public approval, fertility, structure, temperament, or long-term outcome.

Crown & Collar Institute does not support novelty breeding, color chasing, hidden ancestry, misleading purebred claims, extreme traits, or casual crossbreeding under the name of preservation.

Crown & Collar Institute public records, verification tools, title codes, directory listings, profile templates, badge standards, and record status labels are designed to reflect Crown & Collar Institute records only.

Verification confirms only what is currently reflected in Crown & Collar Institute systems.

Unless a written agreement exists, Crown & Collar Institute does not claim that IOEBA, AKC, UKC, ABKC, APRI, or any other third-party registry automatically accepts, endorses, displays, or issues Crown & Collar Institute awards, title codes, badges, certificates, or recognition records.

Crown & Collar Institute may reference registries, testing organizations, universities, veterinary colleges, laboratories, research sources, professional fields, nonprofits, or educational resources for context.

Reference to an outside organization does not mean that the outside organization endorses, sponsors, approves, accredits, certifies, partners with, or is affiliated with Crown & Collar Institute unless specifically stated in writing.

Crown & Collar Institute may update website content, forms, guidelines, recognition pathways, membership structures, club standards, breed health pages, title-code systems, privacy standards, disclaimers, and public records as the Institute develops.

Website information may change over time.

Users should not rely on outdated screenshots, copied text, saved forms, unofficial summaries, or social media claims as current Crown & Collar Institute policy.

Users who submit forms, applications, records, complaints, references, professional information, club interest, leadership interest, safety reports, or documentation summaries are responsible for submitting accurate information to the best of their knowledge.

Users should only submit information they are authorized to share.

Submitting information does not guarantee approval, response, recognition, listing, action, correction, discipline, public record change, or specific outcome.

Users may not misuse Crown & Collar Institute website language, recognition terms, title codes, badges, seals, certificates, logos, club language, professional language, or public record language.

Users may not:

Crown & Collar Institute name, logos, seals, badges, certificates, recognition structures, title-code systems, website language, educational materials, club-development frameworks, guideline structures, and related materials are protected Crown & Collar Institute materials.

Crown & Collar Institute concepts, written materials, recognition frameworks, title-code systems, educational language, and guideline structures were developed by L. Athena “Charity” Knowles unless otherwise noted.

Unauthorized copying, editing, republishing, badge creation, title-code alteration, logo use, or public representation may be reviewed and corrected.

This website may include links to outside websites, research resources, registries, testing organizations, professional organizations, educational resources, or public references.

Crown & Collar Institute is not responsible for the content, accuracy, policies, privacy practices, availability, or updates of outside websites.

Users should not make breeding, veterinary, legal, tax, accounting, nonprofit, disability-law, service-dog, registry, financial, or professional decisions based only on Crown & Collar Institute website materials.

Website materials should be used as educational and organizational guidance, not as a substitute for qualified professional review.

Crown & Collar Institute may update these website terms, disclaimers, privacy standards, recognition standards, membership categories, club standards, public records, and website materials as the organization develops.

Continued use of the website after updates may reflect acceptance of the updated terms and standards.