Deborah Wood

Deborah Wood

Deborah Wood is one of America’s most popular pet writers.  She is the award-winning pet columnist for The Oregonian newspaper, writes regularly for magazines, and is the author of eleven books.   

Deborah is often interviewed on television and radio, including appearances on CNN’s American Morning, Inside Edition, AM Northwest, NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition, and Joan Rivers’ radio show.  She is the pet expert for ABC radio’s Satellite Sisters.

Deborah writes a weekly feature that appears on the cover of the Living section of The Oregonian newspaper every Tuesday (see her columns on-line at www.Oregonlive.com).  The paper is the largest in the Pacific Northwest, with a daily circulation over 300,000.  She has won many awards for her newspaper writing, including being named twice as the Newspaper Person of the Year by the Dog Writers Association of America.  She was awarded the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association’s Veterinary Service Award, the highest honor the organization gives to non-veterinarians. 

Deborah’s book Little Dogs: Training Your Pint-Sized Companion (TFH, 2004) has sold over 60,000 copies, making it one of the most popular training books in the country.  Deborah’s other books include The Tao of Bow Wow: Understanding and Training Your Dog the Taoist Way (Dell, 1998), The Tao of Meow: Understanding and Training Your Cat the Taoist Way (Dell, 1999), Help for Your Shy Dog (Howell Book House, 1999), and The Dog Lover’s Guide to Dating: Using Cold Noses to Find Warm Hearts (Howell Book House, 2003).  The Little Dogs’ Activity Book is due for publication at the end of 2006.

Deborah is a graduate of the College of William and Mary.  Ms. Wood was an award-winning collegiate debater and is an accomplished public speaker.

Ms. Wood trained her first dog – a Pug – to a Companion Dog obedience title when she was 15 years old. She now competes in obedience trials with her Papillons. She uses only positive, reward-based training methods.  One of her Papillons is a Delta Society pet partner therapy dog and regularly visits a children’s hospital.  She has also done many other dog-related activities with her Papillons, including tracking, herding, earthdog, Flyball, canine musical freestyle, and rally obedience.

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