Purpose: This course may be taken as a stand alone course for those looking into creating a pet grooming business or those already running a business or working as a groomer to improve there business and salon management skills. It is also one of the four required courses for the Professional Pet Groomer Diploma.

Prerequisites: None.

What students can expect to learn from this course:

How to create a grooming business, salon design, set up
Business and salon management, the day to day details of running a salon and business set up.
How to create Disclaimers and Record Keeping systems to help prevent problems.
How to cover yourself and deal with insurance, claims and injuries.
Staffing, advertising and marketing your business.
Pricing your services for profit.
Add on services and profit building.

Instructor: Nichola Moore

Course Length: 5 sessions.

Course Fee –

For Credit OnDemand: $255.00

NOTE: if you intend to take the full Professional Pet Groomers Diploma there is a discount price if enrolling and paying for the full course. Taking the individual certifcates will be slightly more expensive. Please see the Professional Pet Groomers Diploma course page for more information. This course includes fully downloadable business templates for your use.

Student Information:

Access to this course will expire in 6 months. Therefore, you have 6 months to complete this course from the date of registration.

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You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.

At e-Training for Dogs, we have partnered with the Smart Pets Grooming School at the International Animal Care College in the United Kingdom to offer students worldwide a Diploma in Grooming that is recognized Internationally and accredited (Level 3 Accreditation) by the National Open College Network.

LARGE AND SMALL YOU WILL LEARN TO GROOM THEM ALL!

You should only consider this  e-LEARNING course if you are serious about becoming a professional dog groomer. This is an alternative to attending a residence school and being away from home. We have designed this program to teach everything you need to know to groom effectively and professionally and the program includes instruction on opening your own business. We help students from all over the world open grooming shops, so we are very capable in helping you open yours!

This is a 90% hands on course. You hand in homework and final grooming exam (on video) as well as written studies and quizzes. Both Live (online) and OnDemand (recorded) classes allow you to work with the tutor watching demonstrations and teaching you how to groom the basic pet styles and the slight changes needed to groom all different breeds of dogs. You will make up a grooming manual of easy step-by-step speed-grooming techniques to help you along even after you’ve finished your course. You will receive our unique speed groom charts.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of dog breeds and willingness to work hard and study to become a professional dog groomer.

Purpose: This Diploma builds on the fundamentals of pet grooming. Bathing, drying, handling dogs, health and safety, equipment and its use. Students will learn clipping, scissoring, and handstripping techniques including speed-grooming techniques to be able to groom all breeds in pet trims. This Diploma will fully prepare you to work in a commercial salon or as a self- employed fully trained groomer.

Possible career opportunities on completion of this diploma program:

Dog groomer employed/self employed.

What students can expect to learn in this program:

• Breed recognition, Kennel Clubs
• Handling and restraint of dogs
• Health and safety in the salon
• Bathing, drying and dematting techniques
• Health checks and recognition of basic skin and/or parasitic problems
• Different types of equipment, their use and maintenance
• Different breeds and the standard pet styles for each breed, adapting trims to suit owners’ requirements
• Speed-grooming and stying for pet trims
• How to use clippers and choose the correct blades
• How to clip, scissor and handstrip different breeds into different styles.
• Creating, managing and running a pet grooming business, how to deal with customers, problems, staffing, insurance, pricing, advertising and marketing, etc.
• Intensive course on first-aid, CPR and health problems in pets, how to recognize these and how to carry out First-Aid and CPR.
• Intensive 12 session course in Canine Anatomy and Physiology

Diploma Program Length:

Five (5) courses are included in this Diploma and must be completed to obtain the full PROFESSIONAL PET GROOMERS DIPLOMA. See individual courses for details of each:

Fundamentals of Dog Grooming

Grooming and Styling Techniques for Professional Pet Dog Groomers

Creating and Managing a Pet Grooming Business

Pet First Aid and CPR

Canine Anatomy and Physiology

Students will be required to participate fully with homework – questions, special studies, and you will be required to send video/photographic evidence to show hands-on practice which the tutor will examine and provide feedback on. Students who complete all parts of the course and meet the required pass marks will obtain Certification. Grades will be: Pass; Credit; Merit / Distinction for UK students; and, Good Scholarship / Scholarship / Satisfactory Scholarship for US/foreign students.

FREE with this course-2 books on Grooming:
K9 SMART GROOM -Speed grooming and styling for professional groomers by Nichola Moore L.C.G.I
K9 Smart Groom Creation and Managerial of a Pet Grooming Business by Nichola Moore L.C.G.I

Students will receive individual certificates for the following courses:

Certificate in Fundamentals of Dog Grooming
Certificate in Grooming and Styling Techniques for Professional Pet Dog Groomers
Certificate in Creating and Managing a Pet Grooming Business
Certificate in Pet First Aid and CPR
Certificate in Canine Anatomy and Physiology

Once students have received all of the above certificates they will be awarded the Professional Pet Groomers Diploma.

Instructor: Nichola Moore

Resources and Equipment Needed:

Internet access.
Digital camcorder to video homework.
Access to wide variety of friends and families dogs for practicing grooming skills.
If possible, a placement at a grooming salon to watch/voluntary work.
Grooming kit to practice on dogs or access to this equipment… maybe in a salon!
Groomer Starter Kit (see below)
Groomer Clipper Kit (see below)
Bath/Dryer and Grooming Table

Please contact the instructor directly if you have any questions about the purchase of the grooming material. Email contact address HERE

Complete Diploma Fee -

For Credit OnDemand: $1,400.00

NOTE: If you intend to take the full grooming Diploma this is a discounted price. If you are enrolling and paying for the individual certifcates, your cost will be slightly more expensive. Click on the individual course links for individual course details including fees.

Payment Plan-15 monthly payments of $95 each.
Please read the Payment Plan policy.

Payment Plan

Complete Professional Groomers Diploma : $95.00USD – monthly

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You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.

Purpose: Learn to microchip your own pets. This course will teach you how to implant microchips into pets for microchip identification.

Note: Please check with the college of vet surgeons in your particular area whether suitably trained lay people can chip pets as some areas allow and some don’t. Note also that you will need to purchase an implant gun and microchips from a supplier to undertake microchipping.

Course Information: This course is suitable for Rescues who wish to raise additional funds, dog and cat breeders, groomers, kennel and catteries, dog walkers, pet sitters, pet shops. A microchip is a one-time purchase that lasts for the life of the pet and offers countless benefits along the way. Low start up costs: all you need is a scanner, microchips, implant gun, surgical spirit and registration documents, pack all into a bag and off you go. Many implant agents visit schools and rescue centers, breeders in their homes, dog & cat shows, dog training classes, etc. to “chip” on site, saving people a fortune and making themselves a nice profit doing something they love and also helps keep pets safe. Microchipping has become big business and now with the pet passport scheme, and an increase in pedigree dogs being stolen, it is the number 1 permanent means of identification.

The certificate is granted by IACC – International Animal Care College in Northern Ireland.

What can a student expect to learn from this course:

• What is a microchip, and how do they work?
• Scanning dogs and cats and implant procedures.
• Registering the microchip & insurance.
• Marketing and promotion of microchipping services.

Instructor: Nichola Moore

Course Length: 1 one hour session

Course Fee –

For Credit OnDemand: $85.00

Audit OnDemand: $60.00

NOTE:

The AUDIT course is for those who will only be micro-chipping their own dogs.

The FOR CREDIT course is for those who will be micro-chipping dogs outside of their own dogs.

Student Information:

Access to this course will expire in 1 month. Therefore, you have 1 month to complete this course from the date of registration.

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You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.