Mandatory Waiver, Release & Acknowledgement for your
Daycare & Boarding Certificate Mini Course

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Waiver, Release & Acknowledgement

In consideration of Good Dog Academy Inc. (“GDA”) providing the Customer with instruction in the Daycare & Boarding Certificate Mini Course (the “Program”), and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by both GDA and the Customer, with signing this Waiver, Release and Acknowledgment (the “Waiver”) the Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees as follows:

  1. The Customer understands and agrees that the Customer would not be permitted to participate in the Program if the Customer did not sign this Waiver.
  2. The Customer shall follow all rules and directions that GDA provides to the Customer from time to time regarding the Customer’s participation in the Program.
  3. The Customer has read and accepts ALL policies as posted in GDA’s Student Handbook including the Code of Conduct.
  4. The Customer shall conduct the Customer’s self in a safe and respectful manner during the Customer’s participation in the Program, having attention to both the Customer’s own safety and the safety of others and the safety of all dogs participating in the Program.
  5. The Customer shall adhere to the Humane Training Model (as defined from time to time by GDA) and the Customer further understands that their participation in the Program and any certificate the Customer earns with this Program and any use of GDA endorsement (including any badge) may be revoked by GDA in its sole discretion, without refund, should there be any proof of any animal cruelty committed by the Customer or should the Customer be found to not follow the Humane Training Model.
  6. The Customer understands that the Program involves inherent risks and that in participating in the Program, the Customer is at risk of physical and mental injuries, temporary and permanent, including but not limited to discomfort, pain, suffering, injury, stress, disfigurement, dismemberment, paralysis and/or death.
  7. The Customer is accepting of the risks involved by participating in the Program.
  8. The Customer, to mitigate risks when dealing with a dog that is objectively aggressive, reactive, anxious, unruly or hyperactive, shall seek the advice of a Certified Behaviour professional or Veterinary Behaviourist and shall provide to GDA, as GDA requests, proof of such professional referral and confirmation of progress made.
  9. The Customer agrees that the Customer has the necessary physical and mental fitness to participate in the Program and that the Customer does not have any physical or mental issues that would limit or prevent the Customer from participating in the Program or interfere with others participating in the Program.
  10. The Customer is satisfied that the Customer has its own insurance coverage, including life and medical.
  11. The Customer understands and acknowledges that GDA cannot and will not guarantee that the Customer will develop a profitable business from the Customer’s participation in the Program.
  12. The Customer understands and agrees that any intellectual property contained in the Program is provided for the Customer’s own personal use only and the Customer does not have any rights to copy, share, reproduce, republish, upload, download, post, transmit or duplicate the materials in whole or part, unless specifically authorized in writing by GDA.
  13. The Customer understands and agrees that the Customer has no license, express or implied, to link to or frame the materials, GDA’s website, or any portion thereof, for any purpose unless specifically authorized in writing by GDA.
  14. The Customer understands and agrees that for the Customer’s convenience the Program may reference third-party websites that GDA has no control over and therefore GDA cannot guarantee, represent or warrant that the content contained on such Third-Party Sites as being accurate, legal, and/or inoffensive.
  15. The Customer understands and acknowledges that GDA cannot guarantee that its website, programs and courses will be error-free or uninterrupted or the software used to deliver the programs and courses will be free of viruses or other harmful components.
  16. The Customer understands and acknowledges that the Program may, from time to time, be unavailable due to routine maintenance.
  17. The Customer understands and agrees that GDA may use photos and videos of the Customer and the Customer’s dog for GDA’s media and marketing purposes.
  18. The Customer HEREBY RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES GDA and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, insurers, representatives, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, servants, agents, heirs, administrators, successors, and assigns (collectively, hereinafter the “GDA Releasees”) of and from any and all manner of suits, proceedings, damages, claims, demands, costs, expenses, judgments, and liabilities of whatsoever kind and howsoever arising, known or unknown, whether at law or in equity which the Customer now has or hereafter shall or may have for or by reason of any matter arising out of the Customer’s participation in the Program, including for or by reason of any injury or death or financial loss to the Customer, and notwithstanding that such loss, damage, injury or death may have been caused by someone other than the Customer or someone else’s dog.
  19. The Customer shall not make any claim or take any proceedings against any person or entity with respect to any matter released or discharged in the previous section which may result in any claim arising against the GDA Releasees for contribution or indemnity or other relief.
  20. The Customer understands that by signing this Waiver that the Customer will be prevented from suing or making any claim against the GDA Releasees arising out of the Customer’s participation in the Program.
  21. The Customer acknowledges that this Waiver shall not be interpreted as any admission of liability by GDA.
  22. The Customer shall indemnify and save harmless the GDA Releasees from any loss, damage, liability, cost and expense suffered by the GDA Releasees directly or indirectly as a result of or arising out of the Customer’s breach of the Customer’s promises and representations in this Waiver. 
  23. The Customer confirms that the Customer is participating in the Program freely and voluntarily.
  24. The Customer confirms that the Customer is at least 19 years of age.
  25. The Customer represents that it has read and understood this Waiver and has had the opportunity to review this Waiver and has made any desired inquiries to GDA before signing it and participating in the Program.
  26. This Waiver shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the GDA Releasees’ heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns and shall be binding upon the Customer’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns.
  27. This Waiver shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia.
  28. This Waiver may be signed by the Customer with a wet-ink or digital signature and delivered in person, by facsimile or other electronic transmission, and each such digitally signed, facsimile or .pdf email electronic transmission copy shall constitute an original document and be binding upon the Customer.

The Customer has signed this Waiver, Release and Acknowledgment under seal as of the date first above written.

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