This course is designed for practice, practice, practice.
Dog Diversity offers one-on-one* expert training with qualified, professional dog groomer instructors.
This course has been developed to give students the ‘basics’ in dog grooming. This salon-based, hands-on course, is ideal for students who wish to enter the professional dog grooming world.
At the completion of the course, students will have a more complete understanding of the following topics:
- Canine anatomy
- How to successfully handle dogs
- Canine stress: what to watch out for; sensitive grooming areas
- Set-up equipment
- Maintenance of equipment
- Preparation procedures – pre-bathing
- Body-, face-, tail-, feet- and ear-clipping
- Blade uses and clipping techniques
- Safe nail-clipping
- Ear-plucking
- Breed identification and style clips
- Grooming out and de-matting techniques
- Clipping and scissoring techniques
- Bathing and drying techniques
- Customer service – understanding the clients’ needs
- Time saving ideas
- Shampoo and canine skin education
- Sophisticated scissoring skills
- Handling difficult dogs
- Canine first aid
- OH&S issues
- Colouring and dye-ing of coats
- Start-up help: Business registration, Insurance and Industry contacts
- Take-home tools:
- ‘Theory of Five’ by Melissa Verplank
- Doggy Dooz DIY Grooming DVDs edition one and
- The Dog Diversity Dog Grooming training manual contains information on animal health as well as useful tips and guides for setting up a salon or mobile van. This detailed training manual provides you with information on running a successful dog grooming business.
- Over $250 worth of take-home tools
Cost: $3900.00
Duration: Three weeks back-to-back. 10:00am – 3:00pm Mon – Friday
Location: Dog Diversity 142 Victoria St Seddon VIC 3012
*Dog Diversity will always endeavour to provide one-on-one training, however, due to popular demand some sessions may be a maximum of two students with one trainer.
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Groomers Helper