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Learn how To Become A Dog Groomer
This best selling online dog grooming course bundle is designed to send you off into a bright future as a dog groomer. Not only will you learn essential hands on skills and techniques such as clipping, stripping and bathing across all breed and coat types, you'll also learn how to create a business plan, how to market your new business online and build a community presence.
This online dog grooming course bundle, encompassing our bestselling Dog Grooming Course and Pet First Aid Course, will ensure that you are equipped with essential knowledge and skills to become a professional dog groomer.
Learning dog grooming online is a unique opportunity, virtually allowing you to invite an experienced dog groomer into your living room to teach and share with you her years of experience. As well as all breed specific grooms and coat types, you'll also learn to identify a dogs body shape in order to apply a mix and match technique. This will equip you to groom and style any breed or cross breed that you encounter.
- 100% Online, Self-Paced Learning
- Unlimited Access, No Deadlines
- Flexible Weekly Payment Plan
- 7-day Money Back Guarantee
Loved by Our Students
Real feedback from students who have completed our Dog Grooming courses and started their journey in the industry.
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“I found myself staying up late studying because I genuinely enjoyed the course so much. The structure is easy to follow, the mentor feedback was incredibly encouraging, and the knowledge I gained made me feel excited about starting my own business.”
Antonia
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“After completing another grooming course, I found this one to be far more in-depth and better structured. The content is clearer and more supportive, and I feel it’s helping me build real confidence for working in the industry.”
Daleena
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“A really well-structured course that was easy to follow. I received great support whenever I needed it. I would highly recommend it to anyone starting out in dog grooming. Since completing the course, I now run my own successful grooming salon, Ruff Cutz Pet Salon.”
Lauren
Online Dog Grooming Course
This best-selling ICOES accredited dog grooming course is designed to help you take the first step towards a rewarding career as a professional dog groomer. You'll learn essential practical skills and grooming techniques including bathing, drying, clipping, scissoring, hand stripping, coat preparation, styling, and breed-specific grooming across a wide range of coat type.
This online dog grooming course bundle combines our popular Professional Dog Grooming Diploma with Pet First Aid Course, helping you develop the practical grooming knowledge, safety awareness, and professional confidence needed to begin your dog grooming journey.
These beautiful grooms were completed by our graduate Shannon, who started her own dog grooming business after completing her studies in 2020. Reflecting on her journey, Shannon told us: "I just want to say thank you for helping me obtain the best job in the world!"
What you'll gain
- Confidence to start grooming professionally, even as a complete beginner.
- A clear understanding of grooming and pet first aid.
- Skills in pricing, managing clients, and everyday salon operations.
- Practical grooming techniques for a wide range of coat and breed types.
- Technical skills taught by working professional groomers.
- Skills to set up and run your own dog grooming business.
Career Pathways
Many of our graduates go on to start their own dog grooming businesses, working from home, operating mobile grooming services, or opening their own salons. Others choose to gain experience in established grooming salons before launching their own business.
Whether you're looking for a flexible career working with dogs or dream of becoming your own boss, professional dog grooming offers a range of rewarding opportunities.
- Work as a Professional Groomer in a salon
- Start your own Mobile Dog Grooming service
- Set up a Home Based Dog Grooming Salon
- Build and grow your own Dog Training & Obedience Business
- Become a Grooming Assistant or Dog Washer
- Work as Pet Wellness Consultant
Check out our Student Success Stories to see what others have achieved.
What You'll Learn
If you're looking to learn how to become a dog groomer, this course bundle provides the practical skills and knowledge needed to begin your journey with confidence. Throughout the Professional Dog Grooming Diploma, you'll learn professional dog grooming techniques including bathing, drying, clipping, scissoring, hand stripping, coat maintenance, breed-specific grooming, equipment selection, salon hygiene, and safe dog handling practices. You'll gain an understanding of different coat types, body shapes, and grooming requirements, helping you confidently groom a wide variety of breeds and crossbreeds.
Alongside your dog grooming studies, you'll complete a Pet First Aid Course, giving you valuable knowledge of canine health, injury prevention, emergency response, and recognising signs that a dog may require veterinary attention. These skills are particularly valuable for anyone planning to work professionally with dogs or start their own dog grooming business.
Whether your goal is to work in a grooming salon, start a dog grooming business, operate a mobile grooming service, or build a long-term career in the pet care industry, this beginner-friendly bundle provides a strong foundation for becoming a professional dog groomer.
Why study this bundle?
Learning how to become a dog groomer involves more than simply learning how to clip and style coats. Professional groomers are trusted with the care, safety, and wellbeing of the dogs they work with every day. By combining professional dog grooming training with pet first aid education, this bundle helps you develop a broader range of skills that can increase your confidence when working with dogs and communicating with their owners. Understanding how to identify common health concerns, respond appropriately in an emergency, and maintain a safe grooming environment can help you provide a higher standard of care.
This combination of practical grooming skills and pet first aid knowledge is ideal for aspiring dog groomers who want to enter the industry with confidence and build a reputation for professionalism, safety, and quality care. Whether you plan to seek employment in an established salon or start your own dog grooming business, these complementary qualifications can help you stand out in a growing industry.
"The courses are delivered by industry experts and were extremely comprehensive. The facebook support groups are a great resource too.."
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What's Included?
This bundle includes two qualifications delivered through comprehensive video tutorials, hands-on practical assessments, and interactive learning materials. Designed for aspiring dog groomers, it provides the skills and confidence needed to learn how to become a dog groomer while also developing essential pet safety knowledge.
Course 1: Professional Dog Grooming Diploma : Master professional dog grooming techniques across a wide range of breeds and coat types. Learn bathing, drying, clipping, scissoring, hand stripping, styling, coat maintenance, equipment selection, safe handling techniques, and how to adapt your grooming approach to suit individual dogs.
Course 2: Pet First Aid Certificate: Learn how to recognise common health issues, assess emergencies, administer basic pet first aid, respond to accidents and injuries, and understand when veterinary intervention is required. Develop the knowledge and confidence to help protect the health and wellbeing of the dogs in your care.
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Internationally Accredited Training
Our Professional Dog Grooming Diploma and Dog Behaviour and Training Certificate are internationally accredited by the International Council for Online Educational Standards (ICOES).
This accreditation confirms that our courses have been independently reviewed and meet high standards for quality, content, and delivery. You’ll receive a certificate of completion once you graduate, demonstrating that you have successfully completed professional training.
This is an ICOES-accredited course. It is not a nationally recognised AQF qualification.
Ready-to-Use Business Resources
Included with all dog grooming courses this month, your complete business resource suite goes beyond the core training to help you confidently set up and run your own dog grooming business.
Alongside your training, you’ll receive professionally designed, ready-to-use business templates that can be customised with your own branding, services, and policies — helping you save time, look professional, and start faster.
Included FREE for students enrolling this month
Your 34-page business template pack includes:
- Price List
- Grooming reports
- Client record forms
- Service agreements
- Consent forms
- Employee Handbook
- Salon Welcome Pack
Topics
This course includes 18 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
- First aid and the law
- The importance of your role
- Keeping animals safe in an emergency
- Precautions and safety
- Accident prevention
- First Aid Kits
- Bandaging materials
- Scrubs, wipes and powders
- Ticks, tweezers and lubrications
- Elizabeth collar
- Initial assessment
- Hands on assessment
- Taking a pulse
- Checking gums
- Dehydration and teeth
- Checking Eyes
- Checking Skin
- Checking temperature
- Checking For pain
- Triage and Vital Signs
- Vomitting and diarrhoea
- Hyperthermia and Hypothermia
- Coughing and Breathing
- Ears and Eyes
- Mouths
- Scooting Bottom
- Scratching and Chewing
- Limping and lethargy
- Procedures
- Restraint
- CPR
- Bleeding
- Cleaning and Bandaging
- Tails and Ears
- Eyes
- Anal Glands
- Choking
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Shock
- Fractures and Wounds
- Town Nails
- Burn and Spinal Injuries
- Blockages, Bloat and Bites
- Accidental Poisoning
- Snake Bites
- Eye and Ear Foreign Bodies
- Seizures
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You are not alone on this journey. When you enrol, you’ll gain access to our exclusive Pet Courses online community- filled with students learning, growing and supporting each other every step of the way. Share your progress, ask questions, get feedback and celebrate your wins with people who truly understand what you’re working towards.
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Join Group NowMeet Kylie
Student StoryI started with no grooming experience — just a love of dogs and a dream of working with them.
"At first I lacked confidence, but once I started learning and practising on my dogs, Ziggy and Simba, everything began to change.
As my skills grew, so did my belief in what was possible, and I eventually launched Kylie’s Home Dog Grooming. Now I run my own home salon, set my own hours, and do work I truly love."Kylie Carthew-Evans
Owner, Kylie’s Home Dog Grooming
Success Stories
From first-time beginners to confident professionals, hundreds of our students have transformed their love for animals into real careers—starting home businesses, mobile grooming services, and working in professional salons.
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.
Meet Hannah
Course Mentor
Hannah Grice
Certified Professional Groomer & Industry Trainer
Owner of The Dog House, Hannah built her grooming business from a home garage into a successful commercial salon. She is a certified professional groomer with extensive hands-on experience across a wide range of breeds and coat types.
Alongside running her salon, Hannah has developed an excellent reputation within the industry, with years of experience in both grooming and training, and has achieved success in grooming and obedience competitions with her much-loved Poodles, Ivy and Raven.
Most importantly, Hannah is calm, approachable, and supportive, helping students build their confidence step by step. Whether you’re unsure about techniques or just need reassurance, she’s there to guide you through your learning journey.
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Duration
On average, successful students take 6-8 months to complete this course
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- Industry endorsed qualification
- Self paced online learning
- Interest free payment plan
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