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Every article we have written about travelling, moving and living with a pet — across every destination we cover.
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Lost Dog on Cape Cod: One Shelter, a Seven-Day Hold, and Fifteen Phone Numbers
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora11 min read
Seven days is the window, and it starts when the dog is picked up, not when you notice. Who to call, in what order, and why an unlicensed dog gets a notice on a police noticeboard instead of a phone call.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Emergency Vets on Cape Cod: One Verified 24-Hour Hospital, and It Is at the Bridge
Sep 3, 2026 by Anant Shastri10 min read
Read this before you need it. The geography is the problem, and one official town page will send you to a location that is probably closed.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Dogs at Cape Cod National Seashore: The Federal Rules, In Full
Sep 3, 2026 by Anant Shastri10 min read
Six feet of leash, two open trails, five named closures and a daily-changing map. Plus two dead links on the park's own page and a town rulebook that is out of date.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Dog Bites and Dangerous Dogs on Cape Cod: A Town Hearing, Not a Court Case
Sep 3, 2026 by Anant Shastri10 min read
No bite is required for the potentially dangerous label, breed is not in the definition, and the Shellfish Constable can ask to see your licence.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Off Leash on Cape Cod: One Town Runs a Real Programme, and There Is One Dog Park
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora12 min read
Fifteen hours a day off leash on a Provincetown beach in winter, a dog park that turns away intact dogs the town will license, and a rail trail rule we could only read second hand.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Cape Cod Dog Rules: Fifteen Towns, Fifteen Rulebooks, One Federal Park
Sep 3, 2026 by Anant Shastri8 min read
There is no Cape Cod dog rule. There are fifteen, plus a federal one, and they disagree about dates, hours, leash length and licensing age. Eastham's own rulebook explains why.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Cape Cod Dog Licences: Four Licence Years, Two Ages, and a $50-a-Day Fine
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora11 min read
Your licence does not follow you across a town line, and the deadline you memorised is probably wrong. Every fee, year and penalty we could verify.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Cape Cod Dog Fines: $50 a Day, $300 a Beach, and "Violators Will Be Prosecuted"
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora9 min read
The most expensive penalty on Cape Cod is not the biggest number. It is a $50 first offence that accrues daily and never resets to zero.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The Cape Cod Dog Beach Calendar: Eight Windows, No Two Alike
Sep 3, 2026 by Anant Shastri10 min read
Eight start dates, five end dates, one town with five separate calendars and two towns that disagree with themselves. The full verified table.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Cape Cod Barking Rules: 100 Feet in One Town, 150 in the Next
Sep 3, 2026 by Anant Shastri10 min read
Two towns, near identical wording, different numbers pulling in opposite directions. And a barking complaint goes to the same board, on the same timetable, as a dangerous dog complaint.
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Boulder, Colorado
Where Dogs Are Not Allowed in Boulder
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora8 min read
A city that opens 155 miles of trail to dogs needs exclusions, and Boulder publishes them trail by trail. The full list, plus the behaviour that is prohibited everywhere.
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Boulder, Colorado
Moving to Boulder With a Dog: First 30 Days
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora10 min read
Two clocks start the day you arrive: a thirty-day licensing deadline and a month-long off-leash registration. What to do in which week, and the one date to diarise.
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Boulder, Colorado
Lost Dog in Boulder: Which Number, and Where It Goes
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora10 min read
Five cities run their own animal control and the county covers the rest. Which number to call, where the dog ends up, and the first hour that matters most.
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Boulder, Colorado
Emergency Vets in Boulder: Two Verified 24-Hour Hospitals
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora10 min read
CASE on Iris and VEG on 29th, two miles apart in the same ZIP code, are the two Boulder emergency hospitals to save.
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Boulder, Colorado
Dogs on Boulder's OSMP Trails: Four Regimes, Trail by Trail
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora11 min read
Four rules, 155 miles of trail, and a table where the regime can change at a landmark or on a Saturday. What applies where, and the 20-foot limit most tag holders have never read.
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Boulder, Colorado
Dogs and Wildlife in Boulder: Bears, Lions, Prairie Dogs
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora10 min read
Three species shape how you walk a dog here, and one of them generates a fine the city will not quantify. What to do at an encounter, and why pet food in the car is a bear problem.
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Boulder, Colorado
Boulder's Voice and Sight Tag Program, Explained
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora12 min read
A free course, a rabies certificate, a city licence and up to a month of processing. What Boulder asks before it lets your dog off the lead, and the two rules careful owners still break.
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Boulder, Colorado
Boulder's Seasonal Dog Leash Restrictions: Birds, Then Bears
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora10 min read
Two windows, two animals, and only two weeks in August with neither in force. Plus the month-long disagreement between the city's trail table and its own news release.
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Boulder, Colorado
Training for Boulder's Voice and Sight Standard
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora12 min read
A city that tells you to keep the dog in front of you, to watch the wind, and that a leashed dog coming toward you is leashed for a reason. Plus the question worth paying a trainer to answer.
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Boulder, Colorado
Boulder's Dog Parks: Three Fenced, One That Is Not a Park
Sep 3, 2026 by Luis Zamora10 min read
Three fenced runs, one unfenced voice-and-sight area behind a partial fence, and a city that treats its dog parks as the on-ramp to 155 miles of trail.
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