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Professional Dog Grooming Diploma
4.85
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
Owner and head groomer of 'The Dog House'
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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Success Stories
When you study with Pet Courses, you're never alone. You'll be joining an exclusive learning community that connects you with other students to share your learning journey. Ask questions, seek advice or simply be motivated by others stories as you study your animal care course with us.
Julie Bezemer
Owner Julie Bezemer Puppy Waves
Julie's business started out by just word of mouth, with people stopping to ask who groomed her dogs. Before long she had dozens of regular clients and now happily works 2 days a week in her own salon.
Nicole Scott
Owner Pawfection Pet Services
Nicole wanted a business that would fit around her new family that she could do from home. She had always loved dogs and dreamed of a career where she could work with them every day.
Sandi Ferguson
Owner Fergie's Dog Grooming
While studying, Sandi decided to post in her local dog park Facebook group to offer half price grooms so that she could get some models to practice on. She ended up being inundated with clients and after only a few weeks was able to charge full price.
Amanda Toohey
Employed Groomer
Amanda used to go and watch her friend groom dogs which inspired her to study dog grooming. She helped out at her friends salon, shaving dogs pads and trimming nails and managed to secure a job at a local grooming and day care facility. Amanda has since set up her own part time business as well.
Lisa Grant
Owner Lisa's House of Dogs
After 35 years in insurance, Lisa decided to follow her dreams and start her own dog grooming business. After graduating, she converted a spare bedroom into a salon and embarked on an exciting new chapter in her life. She hasn't looked back since!
Alyson Bratt
Owner Scrub Woofers Dog Grooming
After graduating, Alyson nervously opened her salon. She was worried she wouldn't have enough clients so kept her two part time jobs going. After just 2 weeks she quit her part time jobs because she was running out of appointments for her clients!
Brooklyn Turner
Owner Head Turners Sudz-n-Scissors
Having always loved dogs, Brooklyn dreamed of a career as a dog groomer. Whilst studying for year 12, she completed her Dog Grooming Diploma and set up a small salon from her parents home. She has since gone on to specialise in Asian fusion and teddy bear styles having achieved so much at such a young age.
Brigitte Meissner
Owner of The Groomery
Having a background in dog behaviour and training, embarking on a career in dog grooming was a perfect match for Brigitte. After pestering everyone she knew with a dog to gain experience, Brigitte opened a small home salon. Following it's success, she is now in the process of expanding into an upmarket boarding facility as well.
Sharon McQuillan
Employed dog groomer
As a vet nurse, dog grooming complimented Sharons career really well and offerred her a back up career to earn extra money. Sharon now operates a grooming business 1-2 days a week out of a local pet shop, giving her great variety in her working week.
Kelly Wright
Owner of Groomed by Kelly
Dog grooming was a career that Kelly always wanted to pursue. While studying she practiced on friends and families dogs, setting up her mobile dog wash and grooming business before she even graduated. Initially starting out part time, she got so busy that she now operates full time.
Jodi Gooding
Owner Transfurmations Grooming
Having always loved dogs, grooming was the perfect career for Jodi. She started out by creating a balinese style hut in her garage. After doing letter drops and grooming friends and families dogs, her business has now expanded to work out of a beautiful renovated home salon.
Kurtis Doyle
Owner of Bubbles & Bones Pet Grooming
After suffering some medical issues, Kurtis needed a new career that offered him more flexibility. He had the opportunity to purchase an established mobile business, so while studying he shadowed the previous owner, and was then ready to hit the ground running in his new mobile trailer.
Jayne Shilcof
Employed groomer at Holistic Touch
Having fostered and adopted many animals, Jayne felt in her happy place surrounded by dogs. She took the plunge by enrolling to study dog grooming, finally following her passion. Now working alongside a friend and specialising in dogs with special needs, her only regret is that at 61 she wishes she had done it sooner!
Mellissa James
Owner Mells Poochie Pampers
As a mobile dog washer, Mel was receiving so many customers asking her to groom that she decided to upskill, completing her Dog Grooming Diploma. Now 6 months on she is loving her job and looking forward to establishing a home based salon in the near future.
Leanne White
Home Groomer
Leanne was frustrated when her beloved elderly Poodle was refused grooming. So she took it upon herself to learn. She now enjoys helping others out as her new found hobby.
Top Student Reviews
4.85
(122)
Robyn
Reviewed 2 months ago
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
Reviewed 2 months ago
Excellent course, very good details
Lauren
Reviewed 2 months ago
A great course providing helpful theory and practical tasks to prepare a prospective groomer for the industry.
Nadja
Reviewed 3 months ago
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
Reviewed 4 months ago
excellent course, valuable information and set up in a way that anyone can learn from
Therese
Reviewed 5 months ago
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
Reviewed 5 months ago
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
Reviewed 5 months ago
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.
Course Details
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Easy to navigate, step by step learning led by industry experts. Enjoy one-on-one tutor support with the flexibility of no time limits.
Duration
On average, successful students take 6 months to complete this course
Benefits
- Industry approved qualification
- 100% online
- Self paced with no deadlines
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Industry Facts
In a national study of pet ownership, Animal Medicines Australia (AMA) found that dogs continue to be Australia's most popular pet, with just over 5 million dogs accross the nation. Self-reported expenditure on pet-related products and services in Australia is now estimated at more than $13 billion a year, up from $12 billion in 2016 with over $700 million spent on pet grooming services.
The average dog-owning household spends an estimated $2,158 a year on their dogs, including $586 on food and $470 on veterinary services. The average yearly spend on pet grooming is up to $154, totalling an estimated $710 million in 2019.
As a dog groomer, your tasks will involve bathing, cutting, combing, blow drying and styling pets coats. Dogs will also require their nails to be clipped and ears to be cleaned. You will need to understand customer needs, providing good quality service and be able to measure your customer satisfaction. Active listening, critical thinking and problem solving are all key skills required as a dog groomer.
The Australian department of employment predicts a strong growth in the pet grooming industry over the next 5 years. The ABS Labour Force Survey identifies that there are 4,100 workers in the pet grooming industry in Australia with 35% working full time hours of 35 hours per week or more. According to the Australian Government Job Outlook, the average age of pet groomers in Australia is 40 years with 85% of workers being female.
Source: Australian Government job Outlook; Animal Medicines Australia Pet Survey Report 2019 (AMA)
