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The following shall be in effect for all guests of the DWDG. Everyone assumes their on liability regardless of accident or location!

The following Training Agreement and Release of Liability form shall be read, understood, and signed BEFORE any training or dog work may begin. NO MINORS may sign for themselves and parents of minors MUST be in direct attendance while training is taking place.

For guests of the DWDG, the following policy and release is the one in which we operate and the one YOU will be held to. It shall be signed and you will be limited to ONE WORKING CANINE while you're a guest, regardless of site location or type of training. Guests of DWDG members shall follow all of the directions given to them for instructional and safety purposes, and you shall assume all liabilities for your actions and your animal while on any club training site. For those guests who are not working dogs, you shall be held to the same requirements as those who are working dogs. The risk of accident or injury is as high! Your attendance is voluntary and the risks/liabilities for this attendance are being made aware to you:

Training as a club level helper/decoy, K-9 handler, or being around dogs is not without possible risk of injury or death to the person or the dog.
Due to the nature of working dog training, not all handlers or dogs have the same level of control, skill, training, or degree of safety.
Full and total control with the use of voice commands, training goods (leashes, collars, harnesses), or with hand/voice signals may not be 100% reliable. Equipment such as collars and leashes can break!
Human error and canine training may create a climate for accidental live bites, scratches, strains/sprains, breaks, or damage to the person, dog, or property.
Each person shall be responsible for their own welfare, their minor children, and/or their animals’ health and safety, and any property brought on the DWDG sites.
Human and canine injuries such as strains, sprains, over heating, frostbite, injury to internal organs, injury to eyes, fractures or breaks to teeth, feet, neck, back, or arms/legs to human or animal are all possible.
I understand that reasonable safeguards will be in place to help with my safety and the safety of my animal/s. Failure to follow these safeguards may increase the risk levels or chances.
I understand that working dogs have drives or behaviors which are different from household pets. I agree to check with any owner BEFORE petting that animal and that I do so under my own risk!
During decoy training, protection work, or any other aspect of training, should you experience ANY concerns with your health or the health of your dog, the trainee/guest shall inform the instructors or assigns of these medical conditions.
Protection training materials are not bite proof; the possibilities of equipment failure, bruising, breaks to skin/bone or tissue are possible. It is your job to check all equipment before YOU use it.
I agree to release from liability: the DELMARVA WORKING DOG GROUP, its club members or assigns, landowners, partnerships, instructors, decoys, guests, or other unnamed persons for any loss or damage to personal property of any type, for any personal or canine injury which may occur, or for the theft or damage to any property.
I agree to be the sole contact should an occurrence involve myself or my animal. I understand that this is a binding contract for this site or any other sites used by the DWDG, and for any follow up training/classes in which I may attend.