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Meet some of our graduates

Discover how our dog grooming graduates have turned their love of dogs into rewarding flexible careers and thriving businesses.

Jodi

What started as a dream and just a small setup at home has grown into a thriving, successful dog grooming business.

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 called Transfurmations Grooming.

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Kylie

Kylie always dreamed of working with dogs, but never imagined how quickly she could turn that dream into a reality.

At the beginning Kylie lacked confidence, unsure if she could really run her own dog grooming business. Worried about failing she kept her initial setup very basic, creating a small grooming space in her laundry.

To her surprise, within three months of advertising, she was up and running with clients. Today Kylie owns Kylie's Home Dog Grooming and enjoys the freedom of being her own boss and working in a career that she genuinely loves.

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Lisa

After 35 years working in insurance, Lisa decided to follow her dream and start her own dog grooming business.

Studying dog grooming with Pet Courses back in 2019, Lisa faced unexpected challenges when she launched her business. but not even COVID-19 could stop Lisa from pursuing her dream!

Rather than opening a commercial salon, Lisa started at home, transforming a spare bedroom into her own dedicated grooming space. From there, Lisa’s House of Dogs began to grow.

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Nicole Scott

Nicole wanted to create a business working with dogs, that fit around her new family and that she could do from home.

Nicole had always loved dogs and dreamed of a career where she could work with them every day. Initially Nicole didn't believe that she could make dog grooming a successful career, but she soon proved herself wrong.

Launching her business, Pawfection Pet Services in 2021, Nicole has created a successful and rewarding business.

Erasha Smith

Erasha's home salon is called Blazzing Clips, which she has turned into a successful and rewarding business.

Erasha has always strived for perfection in everything she does, which clearly shone through in her studies and in her grooming abilities. Having completed our 3 Course Bundle, Erasha is able to offer both grooming and dog training services to her clients.

Alyson Bratt

Initially, Alyson was nervous about starting her own business, so she kept her two part time jobs. She didn't think she would get any clients.

However after just two weeks of opening, Alyson became so busy that she had to quit her other jobs and focus all her time on her dog grooming business.

Alyson's confidence grew fast, doing breed specific grooms and getting through her clients faster. She has learned so much along the way, but hasn't looked back since opening her salon, Scrub Woofers Dog Grooming.

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