Vikki Boyd began training dogs professionally in 2009. She opened her private training business in 2010 with a focus on behavior consulting. Vikki taught classes at Adobe Animal Hospital in the Bay Area, Canine Good Citizen classes, trick classes, and therapy dog classes at Santa Clara Dog Training Club where Vikki was a Certified Therapy Dog International (TDI®) evaluator. Vikki has competed in AKC Obedience earning a CD title with her first English Springer Spaniel.

As a creative person and a love of music, Vikki later shifted her interest to creative dogs sports; tricks and freestyle. Tricks teaches dogs discipline, focus, and obedience all in one. Training tricks involves a lot of physical movement making trick training especially suitable for high-energy dogs. From the dog's point of view, tricks feels like games.

Vikki is a certified through CCPDT-KA, a leading independent organization that promotes humane, science-based dog training methods. Vikki is a force-free trainer committed to LIMA (Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive) methodology. Vikki is a Certified Trick Dog Instructor (CTDI) with Do More With Your Dog (DMWYD) the largest trick training organization globally.

In 2024, Vikki and her Springer Spaniel were recognized as one of the 25 finalists for outstanding performance in the AKC National Trick Dog contest and took first place in breed.  

Vikki is a Certified Dog Bite Safety Educator with a passion for promoting safe interactions between dogs and children. She offers webinars to parents on how to safely integrate children and newborns with the family dog. Her expertise in preventing dog bites helps to ensure that both dogs and their human companions can coexist harmoniously and safely.