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Verified dog rules for California and Nevada travel: parks, beaches, hotels, fees, sourced and dated

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check DogPolicies every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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run in your terminal
claude mcp add dogpolicies-mcp --transport http https://dogpolicies.com/mcp/
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://dogpolicies.com/mcp/
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.dogpolicies-mcp]
url = "https://dogpolicies.com/mcp/"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dogpolicies-mcp": {
      "url": "https://dogpolicies.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "dogpolicies-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://dogpolicies.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 26

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

dogpolicies
dogpolicies_browse_answers
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.
dogpolicies_changes_near
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. Use dogpolicies_changes_since for everything everywhere. Example: "What changed near Monterey since September?" -> place="Monterey", since="2026-09-01"
dogpolicies_changes_since
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.
dogpolicies_compare_places
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. Use after a search returned candidates and the user asks "which one?". Ids come from any search result. Example: ids=["carmel-beach","asilomar-state-beach"].
dogpolicies_find_hotels
Find hotels and motels in California and Nevada that will take a specific dog, with the estimated pet fee for the stay. 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
dogpolicies_get_brand_policy
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".
dogpolicies_get_place
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. Full rules and sources for one place: every fact with its display text, the rules list, and each source with its URL, publisher, capture date and quote. Use after dogpolicies_search_places or dogpolicies_find_hotels, which return ids. Example: id="carmel-beach".
dogpolicies_get_rule
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.
dogpolicies_near
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. The one call to make when a user names a place and asks "what can I do with my dog there?". Takes a town or county name (no coordinates needed) or a point. Use dogpolicies_find_hotels when the question is about a specific dog's weight or budget, dogpolicies_plan_trip for a whole stay, dogpolicies_search_places for one kind with filters. 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
dogpolicies_plan_trip
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. Give the town or county and the dog: weight, how many dogs, nights, and the most the user will pay in pet fees. Use dogpolicies_route_stops for the drive there and dogpolicies_near for a quick list without the stay check. 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"]
dogpolicies_report_correction
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. Give the place id, what is wrong in a sentence or two, and the official page the user saw, if any. Never send personal details beyond an optional contact the user offers.
dogpolicies_route_stops
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. Give a starting point with from_mile or near, and a direction. Routes covered: I-5 (i-5, 796 miles), US-101 (us-101, 809 miles), Highway 1 (highway-1, 736 miles), I-15 (i-15, 294 miles), I-80 (i-80, 204 miles), US-50 (us-50, 109 miles), I-15 (i-15-nevada, 124 miles), I-80 (i-80-nevada, 410 miles), US-50 (us-50-nevada, 409 miles), US-95 (us-95-nevada, 664 miles), US-93 (us-93-nevada, 526 miles). Examples: - "Driving north on I-5 from Los Angeles with a 70 lb dog, where can we stop?" -> near={lat:34.05, lon:-118.24}, direction="north", dog_weight_lb=70 - "Pet areas on the Grapevine" -> from_mile=170, to_mile=222, kinds=["rest_area","park"] - "Heading south on 101 from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, where can the dog run?" -> route="us-101", near={lat:37.77, lon:-122.42}, to_mile=100, direction="south" - "Dog-friendly hotel near Redding under $40 a night" -> near={lat:40.59, lon:-122.39}, kinds=["lodging"], max_total_fee=40 - "Driving I-80 east from Reno with a dog, where can we stop?" -> route="i-80-nevada", near={lat:39.53, lon:-119.81}, direction="east"
dogpolicies_search_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. Use dogpolicies_get_place for full rules and sources, and dogpolicies_find_hotels to check a specific dog's weight and budget at hotels. 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"
dogrulebook
dogrulebook_browse_answers
Alias of dogpolicies_browse_answers, kept for older clients. 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.
dogrulebook_changes_near
Alias of dogpolicies_changes_near, kept for older clients. 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. Use dogpolicies_changes_since for everything everywhere. Example: "What changed near Monterey since September?" -> place="Monterey", since="2026-09-01"
dogrulebook_changes_since
Alias of dogpolicies_changes_since, kept for older clients. 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.
dogrulebook_compare_places
Alias of dogpolicies_compare_places, kept for older clients. 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. Use after a search returned candidates and the user asks "which one?". Ids come from any search result. Example: ids=["carmel-beach","asilomar-state-beach"].
dogrulebook_find_hotels
Alias of dogpolicies_find_hotels, kept for older clients. Find hotels and motels in California and Nevada that will take a specific dog, with the estimated pet fee for the stay. 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
dogrulebook_get_brand_policy
Alias of dogpolicies_get_brand_policy, kept for older clients. 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".
dogrulebook_get_place
Alias of dogpolicies_get_place, kept for older clients. 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. Full rules and sources for one place: every fact with its display text, the rules list, and each source with its URL, publisher, capture date and quote. Use after dogpolicies_search_places or dogpolicies_find_hotels, which return ids. Example: id="carmel-beach".
dogrulebook_get_rule
Alias of dogpolicies_get_rule, kept for older clients. 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.
dogrulebook_near
Alias of dogpolicies_near, kept for older clients. 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. The one call to make when a user names a place and asks "what can I do with my dog there?". Takes a town or county name (no coordinates needed) or a point. Use dogpolicies_find_hotels when the question is about a specific dog's weight or budget, dogpolicies_plan_trip for a whole stay, dogpolicies_search_places for one kind with filters. 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
dogrulebook_plan_trip
Alias of dogpolicies_plan_trip, kept for older clients. 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. Give the town or county and the dog: weight, how many dogs, nights, and the most the user will pay in pet fees. Use dogpolicies_route_stops for the drive there and dogpolicies_near for a quick list without the stay check. 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"]
dogrulebook_report_correction
Alias of dogpolicies_report_correction, kept for older clients. 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. Give the place id, what is wrong in a sentence or two, and the official page the user saw, if any. Never send personal details beyond an optional contact the user offers.
dogrulebook_route_stops
Alias of dogpolicies_route_stops, kept for older clients. 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. Give a starting point with from_mile or near, and a direction. Routes covered: I-5 (i-5, 796 miles), US-101 (us-101, 809 miles), Highway 1 (highway-1, 736 miles), I-15 (i-15, 294 miles), I-80 (i-80, 204 miles), US-50 (us-50, 109 miles), I-15 (i-15-nevada, 124 miles), I-80 (i-80-nevada, 410 miles), US-50 (us-50-nevada, 409 miles), US-95 (us-95-nevada, 664 miles), US-93 (us-93-nevada, 526 miles). Examples: - "Driving north on I-5 from Los Angeles with a 70 lb dog, where can we stop?" -> near={lat:34.05, lon:-118.24}, direction="north", dog_weight_lb=70 - "Pet areas on the Grapevine" -> from_mile=170, to_mile=222, kinds=["rest_area","park"] - "Heading south on 101 from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, where can the dog run?" -> route="us-101", near={lat:37.77, lon:-122.42}, to_mile=100, direction="south" - "Dog-friendly hotel near Redding under $40 a night" -> near={lat:40.59, lon:-122.39}, kinds=["lodging"], max_total_fee=40 - "Driving I-80 east from Reno with a dog, where can we stop?" -> route="i-80-nevada", near={lat:39.53, lon:-119.81}, direction="east"
dogrulebook_search_places
Alias of dogpolicies_search_places, kept for older clients. 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. Use dogpolicies_get_place for full rules and sources, and dogpolicies_find_hotels to check a specific dog's weight and budget at hotels. 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"

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DogPolicies — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can DogPolicies do?
It exposes 26 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: dogpolicies_browse_answers, dogpolicies_changes_near, dogpolicies_changes_since, dogpolicies_compare_places, dogpolicies_find_hotels, dogpolicies_get_brand_policy and 20 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is DogPolicies mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around dogpolicies and dogrulebook. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is DogPolicies working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 85 of 85 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 1313 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect DogPolicies?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does DogPolicies need an API key?
No. DogPolicies completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 26 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is DogPolicies?
It answers our handshake in 1313 ms on average, which is faster than 2% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is DogPolicies open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at dogpolicies.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.