The dog lover's guide to dating : using cold noses to find warm hearts

How single dog owners can use Fido to find a mate In this friendly, humorous, self-help book, Deborah Wood reveals the secrets of dog-based dating and helps single dog owners find the perfect match.

Combining wit, warmth, and wisdom with lots of practical advice, The Dog Owner's Guide to Dating features true-life stories of couples who met thanks to their canine companions.

Readers will discover lots of practical, useful tips, including how to start a conversation while walking the dog, how to appear more accessible with a dog, and how to write the perfect canine-friendly personal ad.

Wood reveals the best pick-up lines that are really about dogs and the latest hot spots to meet single dog lovers.

Plus, she offers excellent advice on making sure that your new love interest and your dog will settle in happily together.

She even identifies the dog owners to avoid and reveals how to use a dog to prolong a date or end it.

Deborah Wood (Beaverton, OR) is a writer and dog trainer.

She is the pet columnist for the Oregonian and appears regularly as the pet expert on NPR's Satellite Sisters.

Wood was named Newspaper Person of the Year in 2001 by the Dog Writers Association of America.Her other books include Help for Your Shy Dog (0-87605-036-4) and Top Dogs: Making it to Westminster (0-7645-6367-X).