



If you have ever had a difficult dog in your salon you'll understand how stressful and dangerous it can make the grooming environment.
We understand the challenges professional groomers like you face when handling a dog who is lunging, snapping, biting or resisting a part of the grooming process. And we are here to tell you that there are ways to make the experience more positive and less stressful for everyone involved.
Learning and developing your skills in canine communication, observation and safe-handling will stop frustration in its tracks, and create a far safer grooming environment for you and the dogs in your care.
Our Holistic Grooming & Behaviour Diploma helps the professional groomer work with difficult dogs in a more dog-centred way through the introduction of practical and easy-to-implement cooperative-based techniques.
We have combined our experience working as Professional Groomers with our knowledge of Canine Behaviour and Psychology to coin the first advanced Holistic Grooming and Behaviour Accreditation for Professional Groomers looking to raise the bar of industry standards!
If you:
During my training days I quickly realised that the professional grooming curriculum lacked a great deal when considering the emotional needs of dogs and cats, and how to accommodate to their needs within the context of grooming.
It seemed obvious to me that the majority of animals in the salon were unhappy and distressed with the demands our roles bestowed upon them, and it made me curious to dig deeper to find out why that was.
I spent the next three years studying canine behaviour and psychology before obtaining my official qualification as a canine behaviourist, which then spurred me on to develop a course that would focus more on grooming from the animal's perspective.
Fast forward to today and I have helped well over 100 students lower stress in their salons while building their confidence and competence in handling "difficult" dogs and cats.
We have students from all across the globe, and here are just some of their experiences with us.