How and what do you need to become a professional dog groomer?

Question

What kind of education is needed?
How do you become started with such a career?
What if you want to do it in your home? How do you go about doing that?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

The best way to learn is to get a job at a grooming salon. They will teach you first to a dog bather. Which intails knowing how to get the clean, expressing anal glands. Cleaning ears. How to brush and de-mat a dog. How to scissor trim feet on all breeds and clipping nails. To learn all this it takes about one or two years depending how of a quick learner you are. You must be a good dog bather before you can perform a haircut on a dog. In my opinion i feel that going to school to learn how to groom is a huge waste of money. I didn't go to any school and was just recently voted #1 dog groomer in my city. Just word of advice you must be a person who has LOTS of patieance. Being a dog bather/groomer is a VERY demanding stressful, exausting job. It truly takes a "special" person to do that job. It goes way past the love for dogs. People who get their dogs groomed tend to not bother to socialize them and many are difficult to groom. They expect the groomer to perform miricles on their dog when they know they bite. Plus for the amount of stress involved it doesn't pay much unless you own your own business.

I've met people that have graduated with a degree in Dog grooming and they don't know hardly anything. They barely know the basics.

Answer 2

i attended a professional dog grooming school in fairview nj called 'nash academy'. they have a 15 week (40 hours per week) training program where they teach you everything you need to know. i believe the tuition was around $4600 when i went several years ago (payment plans available and nj unemployment WILL pay the tuition if you are unemployed). then there was a tool and book fee of around $300 where you get the akc book and a bunch of professional quality tools to start you off with. i think all you need is highschool or a ged to get in, but i'm not sure, so ask.

when you graduate, you are referred to local shops who call the school wanting to hire a graduate. the big mills like petsmart and such hire and pay good corporate benefits. the smaller shops dont offer much more than pay. to do it from your home, you would need permits from the township where you live (costly and hard to get if at all - thats why so many people sneak around).

if you work in a shop, try to get at least a 50-50 split. some will try to hire you by the hour and then make you do a thousand dogs an hour. good for them, BAD for you since all you would get is the same $10 or $15 and the shop would get the rest. a 50-50 split means if you are any good, you will have a following and pick up good speed so the more you do, the more you get paid.

Answer 3

You'd probably have the best luck working for a dog groomer and learning from them. I don't know of any official "school" that you can go to to learn to be a groomer - but working under someone who has done it for a long time will teach you how! Once you've got a lot of experience, you'd be able to break away and start grooming out of your home - but remember, there is a whole lot of equipment and a WHOLE lot of mess that comes with being a groomer - you might not want dog hair all over the house!

Answer 4

Many people love the idea of owning a dog but one thing that they have to keep in mind often times, is that the dog needs to be trained. While the pet may look heart-breakingly cute when it's in a shelter or at the pound, picking out the dog is only the first part of the relationship between dog owner and the animal. Many people don't understand that they have to put time and effort into socializing the dog.

An unsocialized dog will intimidate others, tear up the home, and will create an environment that can become so bad that the it will have to be returned. Many times when dogs have to be returned to shelters or to other resources, it will end up euthanized, which is very heartbreaking. All of this can be spared if a person learns the various techniques in order to socialize the dog.

One thing that they have to understand is that the he wants to be told what to do. It's in the canine nature to follow a leader. The dog will be more than willing to obey the leadership of its master. Here's a look at some common techniques that are used in dog training:

"Dog Whispering"

This is a technique that has been around for a while, but gained national notoriety over the last 10 years. Some people might hear this term and wonder how in the world whispering to a dog can train it! Whispering isn't meant to be taken literally in this case. As trainers have shown, whispering is a term that refers to connecting with a being or an entity on a very deep and almost spiritual level. When it comes to dog training techniques, dog whispering involves careful observation of the dog's behavior and actions.

It literally entails getting inside the mind and the behavior system of the canine. When a person uses dog whispering techniques, they interact with the dog on the canine level. Again, one the most common mistakes that people make is treating the dog like a small human being.

"Reward Training"

Reward training is very simple and it's one of the older tricks that works. This is a simple method of training the dog by positive reinforcement. Once he does what it is told to do, it receives a treat. How this works is that the dog owner must entice the dog towards the treat. Once the canine develops awareness for the treat, it develops a strong desire for it. When the desire for it is extremely strong, the dog owner pulls back. Then the dog receives a command and when the dog obeys the command, it receives the treat. The object is to make the dog associate a treat with the command.

"Clicker Training"

Other dog training techniques include one that is similar to reward training, which is called clicker training. How this works is that the clicker is incorporated to get the dog's attention. The clicker is clicked as a form of communication with the dog. It learns that there is a command or reward associated in conjunction with the clicker. Many people claim that this is fun, and they actually make a game with the dog by using the clicker for their dog training tasks.

"Ultrasonic Whistle"

Last, a relatively new form of dog training technique is called the ultrasonic whistle. This works because the ultrasonic sound is only heard by the dog. When the owner is trying to communicate a command, or stop the dog from barking, they will blow on their whistle when they want to communicate a command to the dog. The benefit of this is that the humans can't hear this noise, but the dog can hear it, and they will learn to associate the sound with a command.

Dog training techniques aren't hard to incorporate, but they are something that absolutely must be incorporated from the time a dog owner brings their new dog home. No matter how old or how young the dog is, they will need training. Once they are trained properly, they will be a wonderful addition to one's family.

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Answer 5

As one has said there are schools to be taught dog grooming. And again I would highly recomend New York School of Dog Grooming. I went there and I will say I did learn a lot. I had worked with a groomer who had done grooming for 15+ years and she apparently didn't know much she had been supposedly self taught.
The NY School is world known as a matter of fact when I went there was agirl from Singapore, one from california, I lived in uptown NY and there were several others.
they are also willing to help you to set up or to find work.
To start a job at home first you need to find out the laws in your area for example where I live the driveway has to be a double drive with a certain amount of room to see from both directions to cross the road. Are you in an area that you can have a business in your home.

Answer 6

Larger colleges which offer vocational qualifications usually have courses in dog grooming. Most dog groomers are thus qualified, although you'll meet some who apprenticed themselves to a groomer early on or after leaving school, and learned the trade that way.

If you want to groom professionally in your own home, you'll need to register yourself as self-employed and register the premesis as a business. Apart from the grooming aspects you'll need to know how to self-assess for tax purposes and how to adequately record your income for same.

Answer 7

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How and what do you need to become a professional dog groomer?
What kind of education is needed?
How do you become started with such a career?
What if you want to do it in your home? How do you go about doing that?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

There are many different dog grooming schools, the best one being the New York School of Dog Grooming. you can gain a lot of experience and expertice there. You could become a self-taught dog groomer, by reading dog grooming books, but you probably wont be as good as those who went to school for it.

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Answer 10

Why not "job shadow" at a pet clinic/grooming shop for a couple of hours on a weekend? Call them up, ask if you can hang out, watch what they do, ask questions such as where they got their training. Chances are they would be happy to help you out.

I really recommend the job shadowing, as you can see the benefits and negatives of the job. Not all the animals that come through are sweet little poodles (have you ever seen a dog that doesn't want their nails trimmed??).

Good luck!