Apparatuses and methods for restraining a pet are disclosed herein. A portable pet restraint apparatus includes a body with an end section having a cavity with a lower peripheral edge, a suction device mounted to the body with a vacuum-enabling suction component for placement upon an attachment surface, and a force-transmitting shaft attached to the vacuum-enabling suction component and movable to bring the vacuum-enabling suction component between vacuum-disabling and vacuum-enabling conditions relative to the attachment surface. An actuator lever can be pivotable between enabled and disabled positions to move the force-transmitting shaft and vacuum-enabling suction component therewith between the vacuum-disabling and vacuum-enabling conditions. The apparatus can also include a retractable leash device having a length of leash within a leash housing and extendable therefrom.
