Dog Grooming: The Basics and Business Setup

Course description

Did you know that the earliest evidence of dog grooming as a practice was in the Elizabethan period? This course will teach you the history of dog grooming, its importance and the risks of not grooming your dog. Learn about the tools used to brush your dogs, how to use them and how to make your dog enjoy the process. In addition, discover how to deal with grooming emergencies, the popular myths about dogs and how to start a dog grooming business.

Having to brush your teeth every morning, bathe, shave, clip your nails and have your hair cut can be referred to as ‘grooming’, a process that makes us feel clean and fresh. Dogs feel the same way. We will introduce you to the basics of dog grooming, its history, importance and the risks that exist when you don't care for dogs correctly. Understand what a pre-grooming assessment is, its significance and how to carry one out to identify the abnormalities in dogs before grooming. Where you should brush a dog is crucial in ensuring a safe and easy-to-clean experience for your dog. We demonstrate where you should groom them, the advantages of bathing them indoors versus outdoors and the basic requirements to doing this process correctly. Following that, you will learn about the tools and how to use them.

Brushing dogs helps ventilate their coat, enables it to grow healthy and strong, removes old hair and sometimes serves as a soothing massage. We cover the techniques of brushing, combing, de-matting, de-shedding and how to make dogs enjoy the process. Next, research how to deal with grooming emergencies such as gum in the hair, getting sprayed by skunks or snakes or grass awns. We will review popular myths about dogs and grooming misconceptions. Do you wish to start up a dog grooming enterprise? Study the pros and cons of a business and the factors to consider. Investigate how to develop your business and make it successful.

A well-thought-out business plan can boost the likelihood of a successful venture. You'll learn how to develop a business plan, secure business licences, pay taxes, set up a shop or workspace, obtain insurance, market your business, keep customers' patronage and more. Furthermore, we will teach you about animal welfare and employment legislation, consumer protection, health and safety legislation, waste regulations, dog grooming insurance and more. Lastly, we'll show you the steps of muzzling a dog, how to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and how to treat cuts and nicks. Dog owners seek groomers to help keep their dogs clean, healthy and good-looking, which increases the value of trained dog groomers in the community. If you love being around animals and are willing to learn these sought-after skills, this could be a fulfilling career for you. Anyone can take this course, and it requires no prerequisites. So enrol and start this course today!