Dog Grooming – Specialist Diploma Training Course in Dog Grooming

This course will enable you to learn how to become a professional Dog Groomer. It will show you how to channel your love of dogs and other pets into a rewarding career or hobby. Grooming dogs and cats is a very positive thing to do as regular pet grooming promotes healthier skin and coats as well as contributing to the pet’s general well being. You will learn about the different breeds and about the grooming techniques required in approaching the different types.

Dog groomers keep dogs in good condition by washing, brushing, clipping and scissoring their coats and nails. This is followed by shampooing, rinsing and drying the dog. This course teaches you all about the anatomy of dogs and enables you to learn the skills required to put dogs at their ease making grooming easier as the dog will be more relaxed and comfortable.

You will learn about the different breeds and the grooming techniques required in approaching the different types. You will also acquire the sound business skills to help you to get your grooming business off to a healthy start.

Course Contents

Unit 1: The Grooming Professional

Unit 2: Introduction to Dogs & Cats

Unit 3: Anatomy and Health Care of Dogs and Cats

Unit 4: Equipment Use and Care

Unit 5: Preparation of Dogs for Grooming

Unit 6: Bathing and Drying

Unit 7: Basic Cuts and Grooming Procedures

Unit 8: Terrier, Utility, Toy, Gundog, Pastoral, Hound & Working Group

Unit 9: Poodles

Unit 10: Mixed Breeds

Unit 11: Puppies

Unit 12: Specific Personalities

Unit 13: Grooming Dogs with Behaviour Problems

Unit 14: Introduction to Cats and Their Personalities

Unit 15: Cat Grooming Procedures

Unit 16: The Business Side of Grooming

Unit 17: Guide to Dog Grooming

Unit 18: Puppies

Unit 19: Specific Personalities

Unit 20: Grooming Dogs with Behaviour Problems

Unit 21: Introduction to Cats and Their Personalities

Unit 22: Cat Grooming Procedures

Unit 23: The Business Side of Grooming

Unit 24: Guide to Dog Grooming

How distance learning works:

Continuous Assessment

At the end of each unit, an assignment is completed and sent to your tutor at the college. Each one will be promptly returned to you with helpful comments and your next study unit. Throughout your course you will receive regular feedback and encouragement from your tutor to help ensure the successful completion of your studies.

Confidentiality

All your course work and any correspondence with the college will be treated as strictly private and confidential.

Textbook

An excellent textbook, carefully chosen by our course writers to compliment this study programme, will be sent to you with your first study units. This is yours to keep for future reference.

Our Diploma

Here at Kilroy’s College, our Diploma is awarded to students based on their work throughout their course. So, on successful completion of all your written assignments, you will receive your Kilroy’s College Diploma in Dog Grooming.

The Future

Many of our students tell us that our courses have given them the confidence to go on to further study, to begin work or to change careers. Many of those in employment have received a promotion or an increase in salary as a result of completing a Kilroy’s College course.

Advantages:

• The College is open all year, so you can start studying at any time.
• This Dog Grooming course allows you the flexibility and confidentiality of studying at home without having to take time out from work or other personal commitments.
• It offers you valuable savings in time and transportation because you complete your entire course from home.
• Once enrolled, you will receive everything that you need to get started in your student study pack.