This is not a long document. We have tried to keep the rules of this place short enough that you can remember them, and specific enough that they mean something when you do.
This is the whole reason DWAF exists. If you are here, you believe this. We will not ask you to justify it, and we will not speak about your dog in a way that treats them as anything less.
We will not sell your data. We will not hand your email to anyone. We will not show your posts to people who didn’t ask to see them. Members are insiders, not an audience.
Someone joining today is in their first day. Someone who has been here for a year is in their first year. No question is too basic. No story is too small. The only way a community stays alive is if the newest member feels welcome enough to post.
We love our dogs. We are also not vets. If you have a medical question, please ask a licensed vet — not a stranger on the internet. DWAF will never publish medical advice until a qualified vet has reviewed it, and we’d ask that you hold yourself to the same rule when you post.
This is not a marketplace. Product mentions in good faith are fine. Affiliate farming, paid promotions, and the words “DM me” will get you quietly un-invited.
The rescue from the side of the road and the pedigreed pup from the kennel have the same place here. Anyone who treats one as lesser than the other will be corrected, and if the correction doesn’t land, they’ll be removed.
Indian dog parenting is full of debates — vegetarian diets, neutering timing, RWA politics, training philosophies. You are welcome to hold a view. You are also welcome to hold it without calling someone else irresponsible in public.
These rules can be changed by us if we learn something new. When we do, we’ll tell you, and we’ll say why.