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Our program was developed by Jackie Rauch, a leading instructor with over 20 years experience. The Golden Paws program develops high quality skills, including scissoring, blades, breed design, outline shaping, and balanced proportion. We also cover the importance of professionalism in pet handling, customer satisfaction, sanitation and pride of the profession. Please visit our website for more information.

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Pet Grooming and Veterinary Assistant Programs. Established in 1996 at FiFi's Pet Palace, Inc., which was established in 1988. In Pet Grooming classes, learn dog, cat and bird grooming with a curriculum that includes a Theory Class, Shop Operations, Management, Sales and Marketing, CPR and First Aid for Pets, and Clipper Maintenance. In Veterinary Assistant classes, learn to perform a wide range of skills as part of the Veterinary Medical Team, working at the veterinarians side helping to keep animals healthy. Day, Evening and Saturday classes are offered. Housing assistance and payment plans are available. We offer a FREE job referral service to our graduates. Visit our website for more information.

The Paragon School of Pet Grooming is dedicated to providing the best professional learning programs for people interested in the exciting and growing field of professional pet grooming. Melissa Verplank, one of the pet industries leading authorities, brings her wealth of knowledge and experience in grooming, judging and teaching to this new and exciting program. Her commitment and passion is to help you become the best pet professional that you can be! Melissa has taken her knowledge and experience as owner of one of the finest pet grooming academies in the country and developed the best curriculum available of educational tools and information on the latest styling trends and techniques in the pet industry. Visit our website for more information including our distance learning programs alternative to attending in Michigan.

Nash Academy of Animal Arts - Kentucky

Since it's inception in 1979, The Nash Academy has taken pride in being the trendsetter in Dog Grooming and Styling Education. Please visit our website.

Pets Beautiful Canine School of Professional Grooming - Canada (Near US Border)

Thank you for your interest in our School of Canine Cosmetology. We have 3 locations in Canada. Many Americans will find our schools conveniently located, and every American can enjoy the favorable currency exchange rate that can save them nearly 50% on tuition! We are anxious to explain this exciting and rewarding career to you. Your choice of school will be very important to your future. Our success is based upon our highly qualified Certified Master Groomers and the tried and true method of hands-on-training, since grooming is not a skill acquired by any other means. We stress the quality of our instruction and the importance of meeting the needs of both our students and the industry. Each course has been specially arranged and structured to give our students the most proficient and knowledgeable training possible. After an orientation session and many days of demonstrations plus videos, students work on pets under close supervision by their instructor. Nothing is overlooked to assure that our graduates will be among the very best qualified in the grooming industry. Our staff of outstanding instructors are familiar with the newest advances in the industry and are continually upgrading themselves. Our founder Barb Mathison is a Certified Master Groomer with the National Dog Groomers Association of America (NDGA) and a Pet Stylist (Level II) with the International Society of Canine Cosmetology (ISCC). Barb is also a member of the Ontario Dog Groomers Association, and the Western Professional Dog Groomers Association (WPDG Assoc.) and also a member of the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) since 1967. Please visit our website for more information.

The Pennsylvania Academy of Pet Grooming is a beautiful state-of-the-art school located in a quiet country setting. School programs are taught with the most modern equipment available in the industry. We are committed to grooming excellence! Please visit our web site for more information.

Groomadog - On-site School and Professional Correspondence Course

Did you know Groomadog Academy offers more than a professional home study course? We also have an onsite school in Ridgeway, South Carolina. Please visit our website.

Connecticut School of Dog Grooming

Have you dreamt of pursuing a career working with pets. We can help you to turn your dream into a successful career in grooming. Please visit our website for more information.

As part of their 200 hour “Career Course in Dog Grooming” each student is given the opportunity to experience the fund of learning in our state-of-the-art mobile grooming van, “The Dogfather." It's an actual mobile grooming business operating in the Southern Connecticut marketplace exclusively for the training of our students. Students with an intent to enter the mobile grooming profession may allocate up to 20% of their school hours working and learning “on the road.” The Mobile Grooming Internship consists of students spending their school day visiting actual customers and grooming their dogs right in their driveway with a qualified mobile grooming instructor in a unique one-on-one learning atmosphere.

The Wag'n Tails van is totally self-contained with its own power, heat, A/C and clean water for bathing. The unit is outfitted with the latest grooming equipment including stainless steel bathing tub, electric grooming table and high speed mobile grooming dryers. The student will learn all phases of mobile grooming including the inspection of customer dogs, pricing, bathing, drying, clipping, scissoring, mobile shortcuts and techniques, returning dogs to owners and operating and caring for the mobile grooming unit.

Assume your role as a sculptor at Sensational Stylings Academy of Pet Grooming. We have knowledgeable, award-winning instructors who stay active in all aspects of the ever growing grooming industry. Sensational Stylings Academy is a state-of-the-art facility that has a positive, friendly environment. We encourage both creativity and perfection in all of our students. Our curriculum will prepare you to successfully work in, manage or own a grooming facility. Flexible class schedules and payment plans are available. Please visit us on the web or phone 815-469-2243 us for more information about becoming a part of the Sensational Stylings Academy Family. Please visit our web site for more information.

Michigan School of Canine Cosmetology (MSCC) was founded by Dina Perry in 1986. In addition to being the founder of MSCC, she is also the founder of Wag'n Tails Mobile Grooming Conversions. In 1991 Sandy Cook became the school director. After working closely with Dina for 5 years, Sandy purchased the school in 1996. The school continues to teach the art of pet grooming based on its founders principles. MSCC also teaches the art of cat grooming in our programs. We specialize in hand scissoring. All pets are fluff-dried, we do NOT use cage dryers. Furthermore, our students all groom on hydraulic tables. MSCC offers 3 different programs to choose from, 1) Bathing & Basics, 2) Basic Grooming and 3) Pet Grooming Plus. Students enrolled in the Pet Grooming Plus are offered field trips. These include spending time at a Pet Resort (kennel) and time in a mobile grooming van. In order to accommodate our out of town students, MSCC has housing and laundry facilities onsite for your convenience. Please visit our website at www.K9grooming.com to learn more about MSCC, then call to make an appointment to visit our school. Pet grooming is fun, rewarding and profitable career! We would like to help you get started! Please visit our website for more information.

We appreciate your interest in the Nanhall School of Dog Grooming. Since 1986 Nanhall has had never-ending dedication and responsibility to each student. Nanhall’s commitments also apply to grooming shows, in the years of 2001 though 2007 Nanhall’s students have had winning placements in National’s Carolina GroomFest Oster Career Start Contests. Through Nanhall's Course you are taught the art of grooming and not just the mechanics. You learn to enhance the beauty and balance of your dog with proper grooming skills; to deal with biting dogs, skin, eye and ear problems; to utilize the latest equipment and technology.

This course is designed for the career individual. You learn to be a professional with integrity and security. We accept only 6 students per session enabling us to give the personal, hands-on attention each student deserves. We welcome you to visit our school and discuss any additional questions you may have with our well-qualified staff. This will be an enticing and rewarding career. As a professional dog groomer, you can join into a rapidly growing industry and receive the gratification of creating beautiful pets. The pet industry offers unlimited opportunities ranging from a bather/brusher to owning and operating a grooming salon or salons!

Hayley Keyes, owner and founder of Nanhall School of Groomer, is the Vice President of International Professional Groomers, A certifier for International Professional Groomers, past Assistant Executive Director of the Professional Groomers Association of the Carolinas, a member of National Dog Groomers Association, a Certified Master Groomer, Certified in Pet CPR, and a Licensed Pesticide Applicator. She has assisted Mr. J. J. Arends, author of the North Carolina Pesticide Manual for Groomers, in writing and obtaining material for this manual. The State of North Carolina Dept. of Human Resources and The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation license us. Please visit our website for more information.

The HipDog School of Grooming Arts offers a unique cutting edge curriculum and philosophy for those interested in a career as a professional canine artist/stylist. We feel grooming is a form of art! (The medium we work in is dog hair). Anyone can give a dog a haircut but it takes an artistic eye, a creative spirit and full understanding of why you learn to groom the correct way the first time to produce the superior level of expertise our students enter the profession with.

HipDog offers pet and show dog grooming instructions, breed specific classes that others may attend as a continuing education course each Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 in a relaxed atmosphere. We limit classes to no more than 3 students currently as we truly do not subscribe to the cattle call type schools that see students as money and cram 6 - 12 students in at a time. We do not believe that more is better when learning the fine art of daily grooming with competition level results.

Precision "finish" grooming techniques on every dog, safe manipulation of the dogs body to prevent struggle and stress for the dog (and groomer) as well as dog psychology all work together to produce excellent professional groomers who will improve the industry by setting the standard as graduates of The HipDog School of Grooming Arts!

Please visit our web site for more information.

Amber has over 15 years grooming experience, including 5 years training professional groomers. Her knowledge of breed cuts is second to none. Amber's scissoring ability has impressed many show groomers and they encouraged her to compete.

Amber has the knowledge and ability to not only train her students in the art of scissoring, but also with business planning for those destined to open their own business, shop or mobile.

Amber's Academy of Pet Styling offers placement services for graduates. Going mobile? We can customize your own mobile salon along with financing and include your tuition at the same time.

We encourage you to check other schools and visit our facility. Amber's uses the latest tools and equipment including all stainless steel tubs, hydraulic and electric tables, bathing systems and clipper vacs. We're sure you will see the difference for yourself and come to realize that Amber's is undoubtedly the best for your career objectives.

Cat grooming? We are one of the few schools in the area that teaches you not only how to bathe cats, but also to style them with shavedowns, lion cuts and use clipper vac techniques. You will feel confident when your first cat client arrives. Please visit our web site for more information.

At American Grooming Academy we are educating the future leaders of the Pet Care Industry! Our mission is to offer training and career development for those individuals who desire a career as a professional in the Pet Care Industry. Additionally, for current professionals aspiring to advance their career we offer continual education to refine their skills. American Grooming Academy offers what few other schools can: instructors with both private sector and corporate management experience in the grooming salon, mobile grooming and animal behavior business. Our instructors are driven by their passion for teaching, their experience in the real working world and the insight gained from their personal drive to learn and perfect their craft. Whether your aim is to be the business owner of a grooming salon, mobile grooming business or wish to pursue a career in management, the Team at American Grooming Academy has the knowledge and experience to guide you in reaching your goals. American Grooming Academy we will provide you the education and hands-on training you will need to begin a new career or continual your pursuit in your career development. Career Training for Life! Please visit our web site for more information.

Learn to Groom in Just 9 Weeks! Located in the heart of Tampa Bay, the Tampa Bay Area Pet Grooming Academy offers a wide variety of pet grooming techniques and skills needed to excel as a professional pet groomer. What better place to study for your new career than in Florida, in the beautiful Tampa Bay Area! While you are between grooming days at the school you can visit some of these local attractions:
22 miles of Gulf Beaches (our beaches have been rated in the Top 10 for the US)
St. Petersburg Pier
Busch Gardens, The Dark Continent
Channelside Bay Plaza
International Plaza
Florida Aquarium
Tropicana Field
Sunken Gardens
...just to name a few!

The Academy is licensed by the Commission for Independent Education, Florida Department of Education , which means our school has been evaluated on a set of standards concerning quality of education, ethical business practices, health and safety, and fiscal responsibility. The mission of the Academy is to teach all aspects of pet grooming to students in a timely, professional manner. Students will learn from books and videos as well as hands on experience in our own grooming salon, The Yuppy Puppy.

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Cashmere Academy (FL)

Cashmere Academy of Pet Grooming is located in the heart of Historic Downtown Melbourne on the east coast of central Florida, close to Orlando and just minuets to Cape Canaveral and the Beaches. Licensed by the Commission for Independent Education. The Cashmere philosophy is to prepare our students for a new career that will allow them to express themselves and their love for animals, or continue their education in the creative and ever changing world of pet grooming and styling! We have answers to all your questions, and can fulfill your dream of becoming a pet care professional! Terry Tomlinson-Buckland, an award winning National Certified Master Groomer by the National Dog Grooming Association of America, is the Owner and Director of Cashmere Academy of Pet Grooming. With over thirty five years in the pet grooming industry including seven years in the field of pet grooming training, Terry  has to date trained over 300 students and brings her experience, skill, artistry and compassion for pets, for all to benefit ! Terry continues her own education by studying with some of the industry’s top grooming competition judges and professional show dog handlers. Cashmere Academy’s state of the art facility, staff and location provides a welcoming and enthusiastic atmosphere for aspiring pet grooming professionals! Please click here to visit our web site for more information.