Jio & Taylor Smart B Modern Dog Training

Smart Bitch Modern Dog Training is a force-free, rewards-based, female minority owned dog training company based in New Orleans, LA co-owned by Jiovany ‚ 'Jio' Alcaide and Taylor Barconey. Smart Bitch's mission is to help popularize force-free training methods in America and beyond by tackling all areas of dog training. Smart Bitch strives to make their training and methodology as accessible as possible, particularly online, and love addressing popular dog training topics in a quick and digestible way!Jiovany ‚ 'Jio' Alcaide and Taylor Barconey began their dog training journey by becoming accredited dog trainers through a popular dog day care company in 2017. With an extreme appetite and ambition to become the best dog trainers they could be, Jio and Taylor quickly garnished over 300 hours of dog training experience within their first 6 months in their profession and went on to obtain their Certified Professional Dog Trainer title (CPDT-KA) through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers in 2018. They proceeded to obtain the Accredited Dog Trainer Certification (ADT) through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants and their Fear Free Certified Professional Animal Trainer certifications through Fear Free in 2020. The Smart Bitches currently own 6 pets between themselves: 4 dogs, 1 cat and 1 box turtle. Jio is the proud owner of 4-year-old Powerline, the Doberman Pincher, (respectfully named after the great celebrity Powerline feature in A Goofy Movie,) 7-year-old, Beetlejuice, a spunky Dachshund/ Jack Russell mix. Taylor is the proud owner of Patterdale Terriers: 10 year old, Suri and 8 years old, Sachi. They credit their dogs to being their biggest inspiration behind their career choice.