TERMS
Terms for the Dogs Social website and web app
These terms cover dogs.social and the web app at app.dogs.social. Dogs Social is a free service for finding dog parks and sharing voluntary, self-reported presence.
The service
Dogs Social is a free web app that shows which dogs are checked in at Antwerp dog parks right now, and which ones plan to arrive later. These terms cover this site, dogs.social, and the web app at app.dogs.social. The app runs in a browser and can be added to a home screen; there is no version of it in an app store. Nothing is sold and nothing is charged for.
Who may use it
Dogs Social is not directed at children. You need to be at least 16 to create an account; younger than that, only alongside a parent. You stay responsible for your dog and for what you publish about it.
Accounts
Most of Dogs Social works without an account. An account is needed for three things: scheduling a later arrival, uploading a dog photo and saving a bio. You create one with an email address and a password, or with Google. Keep your sign-in details to yourself and do not use somebody else's account. The operator may suspend or close an account that breaches these terms, without touching your rights as a consumer.
Check-ins are self-reported
A check-in is a short, self-reported signal that a dog is at a park now or is planning to arrive later. Nobody verifies it and nothing measures actual presence. Check in for your own dog, at a park you are really going to, and check out when you leave: what other people see is only as good as what everyone reports.
What you post
The photos, bios and other content you upload stay yours. You give Dogs Social a non-exclusive, free licence to store that content and display it in the app, without which a dog profile and a check-in cannot work. Only upload a photo you are allowed to use, and keep it about your own dog. Dog photos are publicly readable through their direct link, so put nothing there you would not put on a public page. The operator may remove content that breaches these terms or creates a safety concern.
Acceptable use
Use Dogs Social respectfully: no harassment, no false check-in, no impersonation, no content about somebody else's dog or about a person. Do not scrape the database, hammer the endpoints, work around the rate limits, or use the service to break the law or to disturb people at a park.
Safety and accuracy
Dogs Social verifies no information about dogs or their owners, and social style is what an owner typed, not an assessment. Presence can be out of date, and an empty park may simply mean nobody checked in. You decide whether a meeting suits your dog, and you stay responsible for its behaviour and for your own safety at a park. Park facts come from Stad Antwerpen's open data and can lag behind reality; what you see at the gate always wins.
The idea board
The ideas on the What's next page are edited. What you send through the idea field lands in a private inbox and is never published as you wrote it. If an idea reaches the board, the owner rewrites it in all three languages first: by sending it you agree to that use and that rewriting, without attribution and without any obligation to publish or build it. The label Planned means an idea is on the list, not that it has a date or a start. Votes are deduplicated only by your own browser, so the counts are a rough signal, not a promise about the order of work.
Feedback, reports and contact
Product feedback goes to feedback@dogs.social or through the idea field on the What's next page. Privacy requests go to privacy@dogs.social. The app has no reporting button yet, so a problem with content or behaviour also goes to feedback@dogs.social, after which the operator may remove content or restrict an account.
See privacy contact detailsAvailability and changes
Dogs Social is a young service run by one person. Features can change, break, disappear or stop entirely, and the map, the check-ins or the whole service can be unavailable without notice. These terms can change too; the date at the bottom of this page says when they last did, and continuing to use the service after a change means the new version applies.
Liability
The service is provided as it is, without a promise that a map, a check-in or a park fact is available or correct. To the extent the law allows, Dogs Social is not liable for damage resulting from a decision taken on self-reported presence, from an incident between dogs or people at a park, or from the service being unavailable. Nothing here limits liability for death, personal injury or fraud, or in the other cases where the law forbids it, and mandatory consumer protection continues to apply in full.
Governing law
Belgian law governs these terms. As a consumer you keep the protections and rights given by Belgian and European Union law, including mandatory rules that an online agreement cannot set aside, and the right to bring a dispute before the courts your own law opens to you.
Last updated: 17 September 2026