Community Guidelines
Effective April 2026
What Offleash is for
Offleash exists to connect dog owners through the parks they share. It's a place to find out what's happening at your local park before you arrive, connect with the dogs and owners you keep seeing, share photos, and build a community around the places you love walking.
The community works because people show up honestly and treat each other well. These guidelines exist to keep it that way.
The short version
Be honest. Be kind. Keep it about the dogs.
Be a good community member
Be yourself. Use your real details when setting up your account and dog profiles. Don't impersonate anyone — other users, businesses, or public figures.
Be accurate. When you post park information, share photos, or report conditions, make sure it's true to the best of your knowledge. Other dog owners rely on what you share to make decisions about where to walk.
Be respectful. Not every dog has the same temperament, and not every owner has the same approach. Disagreements happen — keep them civil. Personal attacks, harassment, and bullying have no place here.
Be considerate. Think before you post. Content that would embarrass you in person probably doesn't belong on Offleash either.
Your dog's profile
Your dog's profile is their identity on Offleash. Keep it accurate — breed, size, energy level, and health information help other owners make informed decisions about park visits and introductions.
Health information on dog profiles is self-reported. Don't make medical claims about other people's dogs, and don't share health information that belongs to someone else's dog without their permission.
Photos and content
Only post photos you own or have permission to share. This means photos you took yourself, or photos where you have the explicit permission of the photographer.
Only post photos of dogs you have permission to photograph. If you've taken a great photo of someone else's dog at the park, ask before posting it to the app.
Keep photos appropriate. No graphic content, no nudity, nothing that a reasonable person would find seriously offensive.
Don't post screenshots of private conversations — messages between users on Offleash are private and should stay that way.
Park groups
Park groups are the heart of the local community on Offleash. They work best when people use them to share useful, honest, local information.
Good uses of park groups:
- Sharing photos from a walk
- Alerting the community to a hazard, closure, or condition at a park
- Organising a meetup or Flash Mob
- Welcoming a new dog to the park community
- Celebrating a milestone
Not okay in park groups:
- Spam or repeated commercial messages
- Content unrelated to the park or the local dog community
- Personal disputes or call-outs directed at specific users
- Anything prohibited under these guidelines
What's not allowed
The following content is never acceptable on Offleash, anywhere in the platform:
Harassment and abuse. Targeted harassment, threats, intimidation, or sustained abusive behaviour toward any person. This includes behaviour in messages, posts, comments, and dog profile content.
Misinformation. Deliberately false information about park conditions, dog health risks, or community health alerts. If you're not sure, say so — don't state it as fact.
Animal cruelty. Any content that depicts, promotes, or encourages cruelty to animals.
Graphic or sexual content. No graphic violence, gore, or sexually explicit material.
Spam. Repeated unsolicited commercial messages, pyramid schemes, or any content designed to deceive users into clicking links or providing personal information.
Impersonation. Pretending to be another person, dog, business, or organisation.
Illegal content. Anything that violates Australian law — including content that vilifies, incites hatred, or facilitates criminal activity.
Other people's personal information. Don't share anyone's personal details — name, address, phone number, or location — without their explicit consent.
Reporting something
If you see content that violates these guidelines, please report it. You can report content using the in-app report button, or by emailing us at hello@off-leash.app.
Tell us what you saw, where you saw it, and why you think it's a problem. We review every report and take action where these guidelines have been breached.
We're a small team and we can't watch everything. The community helps us keep Offleash a good place — thank you for reporting things that don't belong here.
What happens when guidelines are broken
Depending on what happened and how serious it is, we may:
- Remove the content
- Send a warning to the account
- Temporarily suspend the account
- Permanently ban the account
- Refer the matter to law enforcement where required
Serious or repeated breaches will result in permanent removal from Offleash. We reserve the right to take action on content we consider harmful even where it doesn't clearly fall into one of the categories above.
A note on park safety
Offleash helps you connect with other dog owners but it doesn't replace good judgment at the park. You know your dog. Trust that instinct.
Off-leash rules, permitted areas, and park conditions change. Always check with your local council if you're not sure what's permitted. Offleash park data is as accurate as we can make it, but it's not a substitute for the sign on the gate.
Questions and feedback
If you have questions about these guidelines, or feedback on how we're applying them, email us at hello@off-leash.app. We're happy to hear from you.