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I
want to learn to be a professional Canine Beautician, is your
course suitable?
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That is exactly what we do. At
our dog grooming school in Manchester we run a number of canine
grooming training courses. Our Canine Beautician (Dog
Stylist) course is
structured to provide the right training for those wishing to
enter the field of dog grooming as a professional Canine
Beautician. This is our most popular grooming course.
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Q. |
Will
I be offered advice on setting up a Canine Beauty Business?
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We advise all of our
Canine Beautician Course students on setting up and running
a business. This
includes advice relating to location, premises, equipment,
funding, advertising, competition, staff, cash-flow, overheads and
other items that will become a necessary part of running your
business. This advice is given in wide terms and we recommend
consulting your accountant and/or bank with specific regards to
finance and running your business.
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When
I start up for myself, how many dogs will I be able to groom each
day?
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Initially, we
recommend that our students aim to book in 2 or 3 dogs each day,
depending on the breed, complexity of the groom and anticipated
condition of the coat. This
should allow starters to be able to generate enough to run your
business and to draw a modest wage.
In time, with experience, the number of dogs groomed each
day should increase towards 5 or 6.
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Will
I be able to competently groom dogs when I’ve finished?
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Our aim is to equip
you to turn each dog that you groom into a smart example of it’s
breed (in a breed-specific style), in an efficient time, at a fair cost to your customer and
without any undue stress or discomfort on the dog.
You should be equipped with these grooming skills when you complete
our course.
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Q. |
Will
I be able to grow my Grooming Business?
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With a gradual
increase in bookings, reflective of your increased experience and
competence, daily appointments should be able to be increased
without letting your standards fall due to overbooking.
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Q. |
I
think I can groom more dogs in a day than you suggest, should I do
it?
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You will be much
better to concentrate on turning out 3 well-groomed dogs per
day than to create 6 ‘rush jobs’.
You should aim for a quality result, which will enhance
your reputation and ensure repeat bookings, or you can expect your
business to suffer as a result of poor workmanship. Remember
that each dog that leaves your salon is a walking advertisement
for your dog grooming business.
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Q. |
If
I need more staff to help with grooming who will train them?
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When you reach a level
where you need to take on additional dog grooming staff, our dog
grooming school is always
here to help with the training.
You will have enough experience to start them off in a
manner that suits your business and to familiarise them with using
the grooming equipment -
then you may want to consider enrolling them onto our Enhanced
Skills course, where they will be tutored in obtaining a wider
experience with various breeds of dogs and a better class of results.
It worked for you it will work for them!
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Q. |
What
happens if I take longer than usual to learn some of the things?
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We carefully monitor
each student’s progress through our dog grooming course.
Until you are confident and able to work to an acceptable
standard, we don’t allow you to progress further into the course
- each unit that we teach relies to some degree on your
understanding of the previous one.
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Q. |
Are
the dogs which I will groom your customer’s dogs that you charge
for?
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All of the dogs that
you will groom during your course are guests that are brought to
our dog grooming school as models for
the purpose of teaching grooming. Some of the dogs are from
our regular grooming clients, others are from breeders who would
normally groom their own animals.
Their owners are not charged a fee for making them
available to our students, but they do have our word that their
animal will be treated properly and it’s cut on return home will
be of a good standard.
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Do
I see the dogs that I have worked on when they are finished?
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We believe that our
students benefit from seeing the completion of the dog that they
have had a part in grooming, especially when the owner arrives to
collect them and expressed their delight at the grooming.
For those reasons, we always try to ensure that our
students see a dog through to completion – even if it is
completed by one of our own experienced staff.
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Q. |
Am
I too young/too old for your course?
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We have trained many
people to a competent level of Canine Beautician.
Starting from young people who have recently left school
and wish to embark on a career in dog grooming, to mature students who
may have taken early retirement or opted for a career change and decided to start dog grooming in
their later years. There
are no applicable age limits, and no restrictions by previous
abilities or otherwise.
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Q. |
How
many dogs will I actually be grooming during the course?
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Throughout the dog
grooming training course
we aim to give you hands-on experience on an average of 2 dogs per
day (sometimes this will be a part of the dog's grooming and
sometimes this will be grooming the dog from start to finish).
Depending on
breed, complexity of the cut and your stage on the training course, this
will mean that some days you may only groom one dog, other days
you may have no grooming at all (theory teaching days), whilst other days you will have experience
with more than 2 dogs. You
will have experience with at least 20 grooming incidences
throughout our Canine Beautician Course and will leave us with the
practical knowledge of styling at least seven breeds and the
ability to approach and correctly style any breed of dog.
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