About Dogwise.com and Direct Book Service

What We Do
Dogwise brings you the largest selection of cutting-edge information on living, loving, and working with dogs available anywhere. Dogwise.com is an easy to use e-commerce site that keeps both dog professionals and dog enthusiasts up-to-date on the latest information on—what else—dogs. With over 20 years of experience in the field we know how to find and bring our customers the best in dog training, behavior, natural health, agility, clicker training, and other dog-related topics. Plus, we have researched and handpicked the ultimate dog toys, training tools, foods and supplements that are recommended by experts in the field.

Our Customers Drive Our Business
Our customers tell us about new products that they'd like us to carry. They tell us which books and DVDs work for them...and which do not. They are the experts and we are here to serve. If you hear about a new book or DVD and don’t see it on our website, give us a call. We're happy to do further research to get you an answer. Want more information on a product we carry than is on our website, we'll walk out to the warehouse, pull it off the shelf and give you additional information so you can make your buying decision.

We Know Our Stuff
What makes Dogwise exceptional in the dog book and video business is that we know our products. We attend the annual training conferences to be sure we hear about the latest training techniques and speaker topics. We are continuously reviewing each and every item we carry, we train our Customer Service Reps about the information contained in our new products and we are very good listeners...you tell us what you want to accomplish and we'll be glad to help you find the right product.

Brief Company History
Charlene Woodward started Direct Book Service in 1986. When it started it had nothing to do with dogs! It was created as a "special order" book retailer that catered to schools, technical libraries, and individuals with unusual book-buying needs. While special ordering dog books for some clients, Charlene discovered that people who wanted high quality books about their dogs found them difficult (impossible!) to find. With the encouragement of her dog-loving customers, she started selling books at dog shows in the Pacific Northwest.

Soon dog show customers asked how they could buy dog books between dog shows. A simple catalog was printed up and orders started coming in turning the company into a bona-fide mail order company. By the late 1980s, Charlene's husband Larry joined the operation as the company CEO. The business expanded outgrowing its original quarters and in 1992, looking for a smaller town and lots of warehouse space, Dogwise and the Woodward family moved from Seattle to Wenatchee, "The Apple Capital of the World", in central Washington. The company now resides in a 9,000 square foot office/warehouse building where we house tens-of-thousands of products so we can ship your order fast!

Selling at dog shows continues to be a core part of the business. When Bill Woodward, Larry’s brother, and his wife Judy joined the company in 1995, dog shows became an even more important part of the business. These “road warriors” travel 40+ weekends a year from Florida to Massachusetts and Idaho to Louisiana and you can count on them to have what you want in their large dog show booth.

In 2000 Dogwise Publishing was established when recognized that historically important books on dogs had been allowed to go out of print by other publishers. Books like Training Dogs by Konrad Most, Canine Terminology by Harold Spira and The Dog In Action by McDowell Lyon have valuable information that is useful for current and future generations of dog lovers. Building upon our Dogwise Classic series, we now produce six to ten new books a year on topics that are important to our customers. Our focus is on creating humane, understandable and scientifically sound information for people who enrich their lives by working with, playing with and loving dogs. Dogwise Publishing has an insider's knowledge of dogs and serves both the dog-loving public and the dog-oriented professional.