DogPolicies

Ready-made lists that answer common questions (list the state parks, national parks, beaches or hotels that allow dogs), such as "Which California national parks allow dogs?" or "Where can dogs go off leash on California beaches?". Without a slug, lists every question with its slug and result count. With a slug, returns that question's places.

Verification events (confirmed, changed, source gone, blocked, disputed) since a date for places within a radius of a town, county or point, newest first. The way to answer "has anything changed around Tahoe since my last trip?" or to re-check a saved itinerary. Example: "What changed near Monterey since September?" -> place="Monterey", since="2026-09-01"

Everything that changed in the whole data set since a date: verification events and rule changes everywhere, newest first, so an agent can poll cheaply instead of re-reading every record. Each entry names the place, what happened (confirmed, changed, source_gone, blocked, disputed), who checked, and links the record.

Which one is better for a dog? Compare two to six places on the facts that decide a dog trip: dogs allowed, leash rule, where dogs may go, pet fee, weight limit, pets per room, restrictions, plus confidence, freshness and who confirmed each record. One row per fact, one column per place, every place with its citation. Answers "which one?" between candidates; ids come from any search result. Example: ids=["carmel-beach","asilomar-state-beach"].

Find hotels and motels in California and Nevada that will take a specific dog, with the estimated pet fee for the stay. Every amount is the hotel's pet fee, never the room rate: DogPolicies has no room prices. Each hotel is sorted into "match" (the policy says yes on everything asked), "possible" (nothing rules it out, but something needs a call: a hotel that decides case by case, an unstated weight limit, a limit the hotel lifts with its approval, an "up to" fee) or excluded (left out). Matches come first, cheapest pet fee first. The fee arithmetic is spelled out for every result. Examples: - "Will a Monterey hotel take my 70 lb Lab for under $50?" -> county="Monterey", dog_weight_lb=70, max_total_fee=50 - "Two dogs, three nights near Palm Springs" -> near={lat:33.83, lon:-116.55}, dogs=2, nights=3 - "Is the Motel 6 in Fresno dog friendly?" -> query="Motel 6 Fresno" - "A Las Vegas hotel for my 60 lb dog" -> county="Clark", state="NV", dog_weight_lb=60

A hotel chain's published pet policy: pets per room, weight limit, fee, rules, listed exceptions and how many California and Nevada properties carry it. Brands covered: Best Western (best-western), Extended Stay America (extended-stay-america), Kimpton Hotels (kimpton), La Quinta by Wyndham (la-quinta), Motel 6 (motel-6), Red Roof Inn (red-roof). Example: brand="red-roof" or brand="Kimpton".

The full record for one place you already know by id: every dog rule with its display text, the rules list, and each source with its URL, publisher, capture date and quote. A place on I-5 in California also carries its axis position (s meters from San Ysidro on the I-5 centerline, Caltrans mile, meters off the road, side of northbound travel, road elevation, strip) and, when it is the dog side of a paired stop, that pair: the exit and the people-stops near it (counted from OpenStreetMap, never named, not verified for restrooms). Takes a place id, as returned in every search result. Example: id="carmel-beach".

One rule (a fee, a leash rule, a weight limit) by its stable id, with its value, the source it cites, the quote, its confidence, the date it was verified and its freshness, plus the place's citation line. Rule ids look like "rul_<place uid>_<kind>" and appear in every place result as rule_records.

Current Caltrans lane closures, road-weather station readings, changeable-message-sign text and chain-control status on I-5 in California, each placed on the I-5 centerline (s meters from San Ysidro and the Caltrans mile) and matched to the nearest DogPolicies dog stop. Conditions come from Caltrans' CWWP2 feeds fetched within the last 15 minutes (fetched_at in the result) and are not verified rules. The window is a mile range (from_mile, to_mile) or a point with a direction and ahead_miles; with none, the whole of I-5 in California. Needs the network (the document is read from dogpolicies.com); offline the result is an error with code offline. Examples: - "Is there a closure or chains on the Grapevine right now?" -> from_mile=170, to_mile=222 - "Weather and closures in the next 60 miles northbound from Redding" -> near={lat:40.59, lon:-122.39}, direction="north", ahead_miles=60

The I-5 corridor in California as eleven named stretches (strips) on the I-5 centerline, from San Ysidro (s = 0 m) to the Oregon line (s ≈ 1,281,400 m), and the dog stops in any stretch, mile range or window ahead of a point. Every stop carries its s in meters from San Ysidro, its Caltrans odometer mile, the side of the road it serves (right or left of northbound travel, or both), its distance off the freeway, the road's elevation, and restrooms, water, pet area, dog park and hours as its official source states them. A family stop is one whose official source states restrooms and a pet area or dog park. A paired stop is a freeway exit with places to stop for people nearby (located through OpenStreetMap, counted by kind, never named and not verified for restrooms) matched to the nearest DogPolicies place that allows dogs within about a mile, with its rule and source. With no stretch, miles or point, the result is the list of stretches with their s and mile ranges and stop counts. Strips: sandiego (San Ysidro → Camp Pendleton), orange-la (Camp Pendleton → East LA), grapevine (East LA → Wheeler Ridge), kern-westside (Wheeler Ridge → Kettleman), westside (Kettleman → Santa Nella), delta (Santa Nella → Stockton), sacramento (Stockton → Woodland), valley (Woodland → Williams), tehama (Williams → Red Bluff), shasta (Red Bluff → Mt Shasta), siskiyou (Mt Shasta → Siskiyou Summit). Examples: - "What is between the Grapevine and Kettleman?" -> strip="grapevine" (East LA to Wheeler Ridge) and strip="kern-westside" (Wheeler Ridge to Kettleman) - "The next 5 family stops northbound from Stockton" -> near={lat:37.95, lon:-121.29}, direction="north", family=true, limit=5 - "Every stop between mile 300 and 340" -> from_mile=300, to_mile=340 - "Exits with somewhere for people and a park for the dog in the Sacramento stretch" -> strip="sacramento", paired=true

Anything for dogs around a town, county or point: everything dog-related nearby, grouped by kind: beaches, parks, trails, hotels, campgrounds, cabins, places to eat and rest areas, each sorted by distance, with the dog rule and citation for each. Answers "what can I do with my dog there?" for a named place. Takes a town or county name (no coordinates needed) or a point. Examples: - "What can my dog do in Carmel?" -> place="Carmel" - "Dog beaches and parks around South Lake Tahoe" -> place="South Lake Tahoe", types=["beach","park"] - "Anything dog-friendly within 5 miles of here" -> near={lat:36.6, lon:-121.9}, radius_miles=5

Plan a stay in a California or Nevada town with a dog, in one call: where to stay (hotels, campgrounds and cabins that will take this dog, with the pet fee for the whole stay worked out), what to do (beaches, parks and trails that allow dogs, nearest first) and where to eat (patios that take dogs), every item with its citation. When the town is within 10 miles of I-5 in California, the result also carries the drive leg on the I-5 axis: the town's position (Caltrans mile and s meters from San Ysidro), the next family stops (restrooms and a pet area or dog park stated by their official source) in each direction within 60 miles, and the paired stops (an exit with people-stops nearby, counted from OpenStreetMap and never named, matched to the nearest dog-legal place) within 10 miles. Inputs: the town or county and the dog: weight, how many dogs, nights, and the most the user will pay in pet fees. Examples: - "Three nights in Monterey with our 70 lb Lab, pet fees under $100" -> place="Monterey", dog_weight_lb=70, nights=3, max_total_fee=100 - "A weekend in South Lake Tahoe with two small dogs" -> place="South Lake Tahoe", dogs=2, nights=2 - "Camping near Mammoth Lakes with a dog" -> place="Mono County", stay_types=["campground","cabins"]

File a correction when a user says a rule on a record is wrong or has changed (a fee went up, a beach closed to dogs, a hotel now takes two pets). The report goes to a person who re-reads the official source; nothing is published automatically and the record does not change until it is verified. Takes the place id, a sentence or two on what is wrong, and optionally the official page the user saw. The only personal detail it accepts is an optional contact the user offers.

Dog-friendly stops along a California or Nevada highway, in driving order: rest areas (Caltrans rest areas with pet areas; Nevada rest areas, where leashed dogs are allowed), travel stops with dog parks, hotels, cabin resorts and campgrounds or RV parks near the road (all checked against the dog's weight and the pet-fee budget) and parks or beaches that allow dogs. Each stop has its mile on the route and its distance off the road. Each route covers one state and stops at the state line. California miles follow the Caltrans odometer: north on I-5 (from the Mexican border), US-101 (from Los Angeles), Highway 1 (from Dana Point) and I-15 (i-15, San Diego to Primm); east on I-80 (i-80, San Francisco to the Nevada line) and US-50 (us-50, West Sacramento to Stateline). Nevada routes count Nevada mileposts from the California line, matching the exit numbers: north on I-15 (i-15-nevada), east on I-80 (i-80-nevada) and US-50 (us-50-nevada, Stateline to Utah); north on US-95 (us-95-nevada, California line to Oregon) and US-93 (us-93-nevada, Hoover Dam to Idaho), whose miles include the stretches they share with other highways. Where Highway 1 runs on US-101, stops on that stretch say so in on_road. A starting point is set with from_mile or near, plus a direction; ahead_miles limits the window to that many miles from the start in the direction of travel. On I-5 in California each stop also carries its position on the I-5 centerline in meters from San Ysidro (s_m), miles_ahead of the start along the direction of travel, the side of the road it serves (right or left of northbound travel, or both), its distance off the freeway, the road's elevation in meters and the stretch (strip) it is in, plus restrooms, water, pet_area, dog_park and hours as its official source states them. With family=true only stops whose official source states restrooms and a pet area or dog park are returned. With paired=true the result also lists paired stops: a freeway exit in the window with places…

Search parks, beaches, trails, hotels, campgrounds and cabin resorts in California and Nevada by name, location and dog rules. Returns one page of places with a one-line answer ("Yes, on a leash no longer than 6 feet."), status (yes, yes_restricted, no, varies), verification date and page URL. Each result includes the place id. Examples: - "Off-leash beaches near San Diego" -> type="beach", off_leash=true, near={lat:32.72, lon:-117.16} - "Can I bring my dog to Point Lobos?" -> query="Point Lobos" - "State parks in Marin County that allow dogs" -> type="park", county="Marin", dogs_allowed=true - "Lake Tahoe beaches in Nevada that allow dogs" -> type="beach", state="NV", dogs_allowed=true - "Off-leash dog parks in Las Vegas" -> type="park", off_leash=true, county="Clark", state="NV" - "RV parks in Fresno County that take dogs" -> type="campground", county="Fresno", dogs_allowed=true - "Dog-friendly cabins in June Lake" -> type="cabins", query="June Lake", dogs_allowed=true - "Restaurants with a dog-friendly patio in Alameda" -> type="restaurant", query="Alameda"