What does it take to become a dog groomer?

Question

In terms of education. I'm just exploring some of my future career options.

Answer 1

There may be a school in your area. If not, ask a groomer if they will show you.

I'm in training right now from a groomer. I'm not paying for the training, although I do earn it. I bathe and dry the dogs ( some cats ), sweep and mop at the end of the day. I'm learning the different breed cuts right now.

Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Your best bet is to find a really good groomer to apprentice to.

But be aware, we get LOTS of people calling who are interested in working in the shop who have NO experience and "just love animals".  Unless the groomer is wanting to train someone from scratch, you'll have an easier time getting in if you take a grooming course (NOT a correspondence one, a real, in person one), which will at least show your serious enough to complete the course even though most groomers will want to completely retrain you.

If you have a Petsmart in your area, see if they will take on trainee groomers.  This will at least be a start in your education, and with this experience you can later be hired and retrained by a GOOD groomer.

Grooming is a very physically demanding, high-pressure, tight-deadline job.

Answer 3

I would not pay for a grooming school.

I've known groomers who paid thousands of dollars for grooming school and realized that once they started the actual job, how much of a waste of time and money it was.

You don't learn to groom in the three months it takes to finish school. You learn much more through experience.

Try getting a job as a bather/brusher first. That will really give you a feel for the job, and you will still learn a lot.

I started as a bather/brusher at Petco, and after two years I started the training to learn to groom. I learned so much in the two years as a bather, so learning to groom came quite easily to me.

You learn from a grooming manager who is qualified to teach. This may mean having to travel to another store, but I was lucky that the grooming manager at my store was qualified to train.

Answer 4

ahh, your a dork!!

its a tough job, are you sure its what you want to do?

Answer 5

I was told by a dog groomer that they schools are worthless that you are best to do an apprenticeship with a groomer.  

Answer 6

I was told that there was like a weekend course where you take your own dog along with you aswell I think it costs about £200-£300 but i'm not sure if there any good.