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Accessibility Statement

Leave Only Paw Prints is committed to making this website usable by the widest possible audience, including people who use assistive technologies such as screen readers, keyboards without a mouse, speech recognition software, and screen magnifiers.

Conformance target

We aim for conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. WCAG 2.1 AA is the standard referenced by the U.S. Department of Justice as the technical benchmark for websites under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Conformance status

This website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 AA. “Partially conformant” means parts of the website do not fully meet the standard. Where we fall short, we describe the limitation and how to request an accessible alternative below.

What we have done

Work completed so far includes:

  • Keyboard access — all navigation, links, buttons, and form controls can be reached and operated with the keyboard alone.
  • Visible focus indicators — a high-contrast focus ring is shown on whichever element currently has keyboard focus.
  • Skip-to-content link — keyboard and screen-reader users can jump past the header menu directly to the main content.
  • Semantic headings — pages use a single <h1> followed by a logical <h2>/<h3> hierarchy so screen-reader users can navigate by heading.
  • Form labels — every form field has a programmatically associated label; required fields are announced as required; error messages are associated with their fields and announced via a live region.
  • Color contrast — body text, links, and buttons meet the WCAG 4.5:1 contrast ratio (3:1 for large text and user-interface components).
  • Reduced motion — visitors whose operating system requests reduced motion will see animations, transitions, and auto-advancing sliders suppressed.
  • Accessible names — icon-only controls (social-media links, menu toggles, search) have accessible names for screen readers.
  • Language declaration — the page language is declared so screen readers use the correct pronunciation.

Known limitations

We know the following areas do not yet meet WCAG 2.1 AA. We are working to remediate them and welcome reports of additional issues.

  • PDF downloads. The PDF handouts on our Downloads page are not yet tagged for accessibility (missing document structure, reading order, and language metadata). Screen readers can read their text but will not announce headings, lists, or table structure correctly. Accessible alternative: contact us at the address below and we will provide the content in an accessible format (plain-text email, HTML, or a retagged PDF).
  • Video captions. Our training and information videos are hosted on YouTube. YouTube’s automatically generated captions are present on most videos but have not been reviewed by a human and therefore may contain errors — they should not be relied on as an accessible alternative under WCAG 1.2.2. Accessible alternative: contact us for a written transcript or a corrected caption file.
  • Third-party embeds. Embedded content we do not control (such as some social-media widgets) may not conform to WCAG 2.1 AA.
  • Legacy content. Older pages and uploaded images from before this accessibility pass may still be missing descriptive alternative text.

Assessment methods

Conformance of this website has been evaluated by the following methods:

  • Self-evaluation against WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria by the site maintainers.
  • Automated testing of page templates using accessibility linting (headings, landmarks, alt text, contrast, ARIA usage, form labels).
  • Manual keyboard testing of navigation, forms, and interactive components.

We have not (yet) commissioned an independent third-party audit or user testing with people with disabilities. We plan to do so as part of ongoing remediation.

Contact us about accessibility

We welcome your feedback. If you encounter an accessibility barrier on this site — or if you need content (including a PDF or video) in a different accessible format — please contact us:

We aim to respond to accessibility requests within five business days. If you report a barrier we cannot immediately fix, we will provide the information or service you were trying to access in an accessible alternative format.

What we do not use

We deliberately do not use an accessibility “overlay” or widget on this site. Accessibility overlays — browser-injected scripts that claim to add accessibility features on top of an unchanged site — have been widely criticized by disability advocates and have themselves been the subject of ADA lawsuits. Our approach is to fix the underlying HTML, CSS, and content so that the site works correctly with the user’s own assistive technology.

Formal complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response to an accessibility concern, you may file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act at ada.gov.

This statement was last updated on April 19, 2026.