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Professional Dog Grooming Diploma
Qualification
Professional Dog Grooming Diploma.
Delivery
100% online, self paced learning.
Duration
Approx. 6 months (part time)
Course Access
Lifetime membership
Top-Rated Dog Grooming Course
Are you a dog lover who dreams of a career as a professional dog groomer? This top-rated dog grooming course has been specifically designed by our team of expert dog groomers to take you from complete beginner to professional dog groomer, all from the comfort of your own home.
In just a few short months, you could be joining this thriving industry and launching your own successful dog grooming business.
As one of the most comprehensive online dog grooming courses, you'll learn how to safely and expertly groom dogs of all breed and coat types. Completing digestible interactive lessons, video tutorials and assessments, you'll learn everything from bathing, clipping and scissoring to breed specific styling.
This dog grooming course includes two bonus modules dedicated to setting up and marketing your business, including downloadable resources and templates. It's fair to say that we leave no stone unturned in this online dog grooming course.
If you're looking for some inspiration, check out our Student Stories, including how Jodi converted her garage into a Balinese style grooming space!

Making dogs beautiful and happy is the most rewarding feeling!
"The courses are delivered by industry experts and were extremely comprehensive. The facebook support groups are a great resource too.."
Topics
This course includes 12 interactive modules, carefully designed to teach you how to become a confident, professional dog groomer.
- Career options - mobile dog grooming, working from home, salons and franchising
- Combs and brushes
- Shedding aids
- Clippers, blades and guard combs
- Nails and teeth
- Shampoos, conditioners and deodorants
- Grooming tables
- Hydrobaths and bathing equipment
- The ANKC breed groups
- Dog training - the alpha theory and positive dog training
- Canine communication and calming signals
- Dealing with an aggressive or fearful dog
- Canine body language
- Essential canine first aid
- Canine anatomy
- Handling fleas, ticks, mites and ringworm
- Managing roundworm, tapeworm and heartworm
- Important canine disease awareness
- Bacterial and viral infections
- Skin disorders
- Essential health check
- A visual assessment
- Checking for pain
- Skin and coat inspection
- Eyes and ears
- Checking dogs teeth
- Nail maintenance
- Prepare corded, double, silky, smooth, wire and wool coats for the bath
- Hygiene and care procedures
- Nail clipping
- Teeth cleaning
- Pad trimming
- Ear plucking and cleansing
- Owner expectations and needs
- Styling to match the breed
- Coat type and behaviour
- Accentuate the dogs natural look
- Understanding dog shape
- Styling mixed breed dogs
- Drying methods - blasting, stretch, fluff and smooth drying techniques
- Styling spherical head shapes such as the Bichon Frise, Dandie Dinmont, Shih Tzu and West Highland Terrier
- Eyebrows and beards
- Long and short legged Terriers
- Topknots
- Scissoring skills and safety
- Styling with feathering, stretch drying and fluff drying
- Tail shape
- Clipping and when to clip
- Grooming puppies
- Hand stripping and plucking
- Carding
- Creating the style - blending, feet, legs, body, ears, head, muzzle and throat
- Elaborate styling
- Fluff drying
- The Poodle pet clip
- Styling poodle cross breeds - Cavoodles, Groodles
- Grooming the short haired Terrier
- Airedale
- Australian
- Silky Australian
- Bedlington
- Border
- Cairn
- Dandie Dinmont
- Irish
- Kerry Blue
- Norfolk and Norwich
- Parsons Russell
- Scottish
- Soft-coated Wheaten
- West Highland
- Yorkshire
- Schnauzer
- Drop coat breeds
- Natural coat toy breeds
- Retrievers medium to long haired
- Styling setters and spaniels
- Wirehaired breeds
- Grooming long and thick coats
- Hound grooming
- Telephone skills
- Converting customers
- Communication ABC's
- How to create a customer base
- Dealing with difficult customers
- Choosing the right business
- Customer contracts
- Appointment cards
- The importance of diary management
- Personal software packages
- Setting up your finances
- Setting prices, taking payment and accounting
- Health and safety
- Insurance cover
- Creating your customer experience
- Choosing your business name
- Creating your business plan
- Carry out market research
- Online marketing - social media, websites and blogging
- Service related marketing
- Professional development
- Equipment checklist
- Blade size chart
- Printable five freedoms chart
- Printable canine disease reference chart
- Dog health assessment template
- Business plan template
- Income projection template
Course Mentor

Hannah Grice
Hannah Grice is the owner and head groomer of her own boutique grooming business, "The Dog House", which she initially started from her garage until outgrowing the space and moving to a commercial property.
Hannah has an extensive list of credentials as a renowned groomer having won awards in both grooming and obedience competitions with her beloved Poodles, Ivy and Raven.

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Top Student Reviews
Robyn
Loved the course Just some of the assessment questions were a little hard to understand what they were trying to ask and how to complete them so they took a little longer.
Julia
Excellent course, very good details
Lauren
A great course providing helpful theory and practical tasks to prepare a prospective groomer for the industry.
Nadja
I was very happy with this course. If I had questions, I got quick answers. It is great that I can download the informations. The videos were very helpful and felt like a practical units. Easier translation options would be great. I fluently speak German.
Makayla
excellent course, valuable information and set up in a way that anyone can learn from
Therese
I absolutely loved this diploma course. I think the industry should be regulated as there is so much more to know than just how to groom a dog. I will send an email as there is more I would like to say about this course. Its fantastic.
Coralie
Good introductory course, provides a high level overview of a good range of topics. I liked the multiple choice questions at the end of each module.
Megan
I found this course covered so much more information than I expected which is great! I felt like I have learnt a lot and it will so helpful in the future. The final assessment was a great way of going over all the information one more.
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