Call of the Wild - The school for dogs.

Bickford received her Certificate in Training and Counseling (CTC) with honors from the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers in 2000, under the direction of renowned trainer and author Jean Donaldson. She currently teaches all classes from puppy to agility at TuckerPups in Chicago, where she designed their training program. She competes in agility with her Boxer, Nigel and terrier mix, Chili. With Nigel, she volunteers for Sit Stay Read, an animal assisted literacy program. She is a member of APDT.