Grooming training

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Grooming training; How to get into it?
Topic Started: Oct 11 2008, 03:03 PM (84 Views)
JRT	Oct 11 2008, 03:03 PM Post #1
Admin Posts: 11,786 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 30, 2004	Does anyone know how to get into grooming?



westie mum	Oct 11 2008, 03:52 PM Post #2
Chatterbox Posts: 1,099 Group: Full Members Member #126 Joined: October 17, 2005	Laura you can buy books and dvd's that help with grooming or you could go to college. Jade is doing an animal management course at college and she does grooming on that. They also do a course at night but they are so difficult to get onto as they only accept 6 people at a time. I enquired about doing it but they had such a long waiting list that they said they were not taking anymore for a while. My groomer is mobile and she said that once she was qualified and felt comfortable she started advertising and her business took off. :) Edited by westie mum, Oct 11 2008, 03:53 PM.



Tafia	Oct 11 2008, 04:39 PM Post #3
Total Gas Bag! Posts: 5,819 Group: Full Members Member #134 Joined: November 17, 2005	Laura check out the groomers in your area - quite often they run training on the premises (not particularly cheaply either) but it's a good way of getting your hands on a lot of different dogs and building your confidence up. Alternatively check out City & Guilds courses on the net. Equipment will set you back a fair amount - basics would be grooming table, arm or H frame, good scissors/thinners, 2 pairs good clippers (need two because they get hot very quickly!) full set of blades(just that alone isn't going to leave you much change from Ł1,000) before you even get to the brushes/combs end of it. I've thought about it a couple of times.



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