YorkieTalk.com Rules & Terms of Use

Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below. By being on YorkieTalk.com, you acknowledge and agree to these terms of use.

We do not allow users to sign up with Earthlink or Mindspring e-mail addresses because they REJECT our emails, thus you can not complete the registration process using any of these services. Please feel free to use a free Hotmail, Yahoo, or Gmail account to sign up for YorkieTalk. Sorry for the inconvenience. It is nothing personal and you did nothing wrong. We welcome you as a member of YorkieTalk. Thank you.

There is no cost to submit questions or posts, to respond to questions or posts or to look up past questions and answers. Many Frequently Asked Questions about us are answered in our FAQ Help Section.

Although the administrators and moderators of YorkieTalk.com will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of YorkieTalk.com, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

YorkieTalk.com has not reviewed the posts on the YorkieTalk Forums and the views expressed therein are those of the posters and do not necessarily reflect those of YorkieTalk.com, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd., it owners, managers, agents, partners, advertisers or affiliates. YorkieTalk.com assume no responsibility for the posts or the information contained therein, nor do they make any claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, suitability or completeness of any of the information in the posts. Use the advice and information provided at your own risk.

By posting or submitting material on the YorkieTalk Forums, you grant YorkieTalk.com a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, edit, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the submitted content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in the content. You agree that anything you post on YorkieTalk.com and YorkieTalk servers may be viewed by administrators at their sole discretion. You agree that YorkieTalk owns the server(s) that you post messages or pictures on and that YorkieTalk may do whatever they wish with their servers. You agree that anything you write or post or reveal on YorkieTalk will only be deleted or removed at YorkieTalk's discretion. You agree that any posts or threads that are on YorkieTalk may be deleted by YorkieTalk moderators or administrators at any time for any reason.

You agree that you will not use the YorkieTalk Forums to post any advertisement or other commercial message except expressly allowed by YorkieTalk. You agree that you will not post any knowingly false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, harassing, obscene, sexually oriented, or threatening message or material that is illegally invasive of another person’s privacy. You agree that YorkieTalk does not require you to post anything at all and that anything you post on YorkieTalk is of your own free will. YorkieTalk.com will attempt to delete any inappropriate posts as quickly as possible; however, the submissions are generally posted in real-time and are typically not reviewed by YorkieTalk.com or its editorial staff before they are posted to the site. YorkieTalk is not responsible for any inappropriate content you may view on this site and you agree that YorkieTalk is not liable for any content that you may be subjected to.

You agree that you are solely responsible for anything you post on the YorkieTalk Forums and that you agree to indemnify and hold harmless YorkieTalk.com, its owners and employees with respect to any claims based upon your posts, submissions, picture, private messages, and emails to and from the YorkieTalk.com Forums. You agree that any personal information you may post on YorkieTalk is at your sole discretion and that YorkieTalk in no way requires any personal information to be publicly posted. YorkieTalk is in no way responsible for anything that may happen as a result of you posting your personal information on YorkieTalk. You agree that you are bound to one user account per household, unless authorized by YorkieTalk in advance.

You also agree that you understand that the breeders or store owners that participate in the YorkieTalk Forums are not affiliated with, employed by or agents of YorkieTalk.com, and that we make no representations as to the qualifications of any of the breeders or store owners who participate in the YorkieTalk Forums. Any listing, name, content, material of any breeder or store found on this site does not constitute any endorsement, recommendations or referral of such breeders or stores. You agree that the best solution for an emergency situation with your Yorkie is to go see a veterinarian, ER vet, or medical professional immediately. When deciding to buy from a breeder or store you should do your own independent research and not solely rely on the materials found on this site.

We try our best to ensure confidentiality and protect your privacy when you post questions on YorkieTalk.com. Your personal information such as name, address, email address, phone, etc., are concealed from all users of the YorkieTalk Forums, including other members. Only the YorkieTalk.com administrators have access to your personal information. However, because these are public forums, you must also understand that you might lose some privacy by posting your questions or answers on the YorkieTalk Forum. Although you can stay anonymous, your facts and your view of the facts may not remain a "secret" any longer.

Please remember that no information found at this site, in the database, in the YorkieTalk forums or in the responses from any YorkieTalk member in these areas can replace a face-to-face meeting or telephone consultation with a "real live" breeder or veterinarian. The information you find here or in the answers should just be a starting point in finding your answers. Nothing transmitted to or from this website constitutes the establishment of any sort of contract between you and YorkieTalk.com.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar,hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws. You also agree that your membership and access to YorkieTalk may be removed and revoked at YorkieTalk's sole discretion. You agree that you in no way have any contract with YorkieTalk.com to provide anything to you and that this no contract rule applies to any members that may have donated items or money to YorkieTalk.com. You agree that donations are completely voluntary and in no way mandatory and that donations are non-refundable for any reason. You agree that donating to YorkieTalk does not mean you have any ownership or rights to YorkieTalk and that you are still subject to all terms of use. You agree that even if you donate to YorkieTalk.com, your account and membership is subject to removal, deletion, or banning for any purpose whatsoever. You agree that if you post a message stating you are leaving the site that your account or if you email us or contact us requesting you no longer want to be a member, your account will be immediately disabled. Your account will then not be accessible by you any longer. You will be able to apply for re-instatement after one month's time.

You agree that you will not hold YorkieTalk.com responsible or liable for any posts you see, for any private messages you may receive, or any e-mails you may receive as a result of membership of YorkieTalk.

The owners of YorkieTalk.com reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason. YorkieTalk reserves the right to deny access to any individual or company for any reason whatsoever.