Woof Gang® Academy of Grooming is committed to teaching the highest level of quality grooming skills to students wishing to pursue a career in pet grooming. Our dog grooming school is designed to assist the student with the skills to professionally groom dogs in salons, veterinarian offices, and mobile grooming. Within the 600 hours of lab work and theory, students are given the opportunity to work with a wide variety of breeds.
Our Florida dog grooming school trains students with customer relations, grooming equipment found in the field, bathing, proper hair drying, dematting coats, combing, fluffing, nail clipping, ear cleaning, breed recognition, recognition of skin diseases, first aid, dog biology, pattern recognition, clipper work, and scissor work.
For Each type of pet groomed there are common core learning objectives. Each student will work on these in the first two weeks which include: Tool recognition, customer relations, ear cleaning, nail cutting, pad cleaning, sanitary area, rough in, brush out, bathing techniques, drying techniques, setting the pattern, finishing work. Once mastered the student will start to move through the different course codes below.
Pet Stylist Program Snapshot
Starting Pay: Graduates of our Stylist grooming program start out making $45,000 - $60,000
Tuition: $9,400
- Interest-Free Financing and Payment Plans available!!!
Full-Time Schedule: Choose 3 days per week Monday - Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Approximately 34 weeks (8.5 months) to complete program
Accelerated Option: Students attend 5 days per week Monday - Saturday. Approximately 20 weeks (5 months) to complete program.
Both written and hands-on examinations will be given at the completion of the program. A diploma is awarded for each program to a Student that has:
- Successfully passed all required testing in the pet grooming curriculum.
- Attended all class hours
- Fulfilled all monetary obligations to the school
Pet Stylist Curriculum
(600 Hours - 75/25 lab work/theory)
Sporting Breeds – 25 hours lab work, 25 hours theory
Breeds focused on in this course are the cocker spaniel, springer spaniel. Practice preliminary preparation before bathing. Proper use of clippers and the different blades and comb attachments. Roughing in of the desired groom pattern, shaving of pads and sanitary area, clipping nails, use of “Quick Stop,” cleaning ears and use of ear powder and hemostats. Students will learn correct brushing techniques to avoid brush burns. Proper dematting of animals will be practiced to minimize or eliminate any pain to the animal during this process. Proper bathing techniques and expressing of anal glands. Students will be taught the different ways of drying dogs; fluff drying, force drying, etc. Pre-work, brushing the coat and properly dematting. More specific to this group: Proper bathing and drying for these breeds. Setting the body pattern, and head study.Non-Sporting Breeds - 100 hours lab work, 50 hours theory
Breeds focused on in this breed group are the Bichon Frise, lhasa Apso, and poodle. Practice preliminary preparation before bathing. Proper use of clippers and the different blades and comb attachments. Roughing in of the desired groom pattern, shaving of pads and sanitary area, clipping nails, use of “Quick Stop,” cleaning ears and use of ear powder and hemostats. Students will learn correct brushing techniques to avoid brush burns. Proper dematting of animals will be practiced to minimize or eliminate any pain to the animal during this process. Proper bathing techniques and expressing of anal glands. Students will be taught the different ways of drying dogs; fluff drying, force drying, etc. More specific to this group: Roughing in the body, face and feet. Proper bathing of the coat. Proper fluffing and straightening techniques. Clipping the body, blending, shaping the head, topknot study.Terrier Breeds – 100 Hours lab work, 50 hours theory
Breeds focused on in this breed group include but are not limited to Airedale, Schnauzer, West Highland, Yorkshire, Wheaton. Practice preliminary preparation before bathing. Proper use of clippers and the different blades and comb attachments. Roughing in of the desired groom pattern, shaving of pads and sanitary area, clipping nails, use of “Quick Stop,” cleaning ears and use of ear powder and hemostats. Students will learn correct brushing techniques to avoid brush burns. Proper dematting of animals will be practiced to minimize or eliminate any pain to the animal during this process. Proper bathing techniques and expressing of anal glands. Students will be taught the different ways of drying dogs; fluff drying, force drying, etc. More specific to this group: Pre-work, ruffing in the pattern lines before the bath. Proper Bathing techniques, head study, beard and goatee clipping. Finishing the body pattern.Misc. Breeds – 225 Hours lab work, 25 hours theory
Breeds focused on this section include mixed breeds (designer breeds), and breeds not covered in other modules. Grooming cats in this section are optional. Practice preliminary preparation before bathing. Proper use of clippers and the different blades and comb attachments. Roughing in of the desired groom pattern, shaving of pads and sanitary area, clipping nails, use of “Quick Stop,” cleaning ears and use of ear powder and hemostats. Students will learn correct brushing techniques to avoid brush burns. Proper dematting of animals will be practiced to minimize or eliminate any pain to the animal during this process. Proper bathing techniques and expressing of anal glands. Students will be taught the different ways of drying dogs; fluff drying, force drying, etc. More specific to this group: Pre-work, ruffing in the desired pattern. Pet Clip techniques on these breeds.Learn from Master Certified Groomers
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Pet Stylist Program Grooming Kit
Receive an Artero grooming tool kit consisting of high-quality equipment needed to groom pets professionally. Students may purchase and use their tools instead of buying the schools tools, however, tools must be approved by the instructor.
