dog grooming professionally -is it hard to learn?

WRITTEN ON December 19th, 2008 BY admin AND STORED IN Dogs

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Dog Grooming
kburgess612 asked:


is grooming animals (dogs and cats) professionally a hard career to learn? do you have to know how to be artistic? would you say petsmart grooming school is professional as a grooming school taught by master groomers?
okay people….when i say is grooming i hard i mean the actual grooming of animals meaning the cuts, shaves, etc.

4 Responses to “dog grooming professionally -is it hard to learn?”

 
Swamp Poodles wrote on December 20th, 2008 6:28 pm :

I don’t think that it’s “hard” to learn- my husband learned to groom our 4 standard poodles

Jennifer T wrote on December 21st, 2008 1:29 pm :

Grooming is one of those things you either can do, or can’t, but the training quality is still important. I’d say petsmart quality grooming is the low end of the totem pole. It’s kinda like convenience store food…there, better than starving, and expensive. A well trained groomer with his/her own shop or in a shop with another private groomer is going to most likely be the better choice. School helps, but the most important thing is real life situation experience. I’d say the best way to train is an apprenticeship with a successful groomer.

Buttasandbabies wrote on December 24th, 2008 1:33 pm :

its hard if you dont want to get bit peed on pooped on anal glands in ya face on ya hands licked scratched rough hands from the water and shampoo products if you have arthritis of cant manover the way you need to if you have no patients for fidgity pups or anoying customers oh and a fur ball face from the hair and you must learn to like hair on your lunch,,if you cant handle that you cant handle grooming

Flick wrote on December 27th, 2008 8:19 am :

I am a Dog groomer in Aus so don’t know about the Stores but i love grooming both dogs and cats. It can be very difficult but worth it. I dont think it is hard to learn i am 19 and teach many people. Once your have been shown you play and kinda learn as you go. Best to practise on your own dog lol.
I have been grooming since i was 17 and still loving it and still learning new ways. i learnt at a small grooming shop, it was good as they had all the time to show me what they had learnt. Hope this helps.