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Learn from industry-leading groomers, get hands-on experience in a salon and gain a City and Guilds dog grooming qualification.
We offer this fun and informative course to provide you with the skills necessary to look after your own loved pets. We will show you how to maintain your own cat between professional grooming services or learn the skills of styling that you can carry out at home.
It takes half a day to do this course with any cat.
By completing this course you will:
- Experience the process of your cat in the salon
- Develop a deeper understanding with your cat
- Be more confident handling and grooming your cat
- Learn all the tools, techniques and handling your cat requires
- Take a hands on approach with practical learning
You will cover:
- Basic health and safety for you and your cat during grooming, using the appropriate personal protective equipment and hygiene.
- Health check your cat, recognising changes in the body or external foreign bodies.
- Brushing and combing correctly for the coat type and character of your cat.
- Wet and dry bathing and drying techniques using the correct shampoos and conditioners.
- Learning styling techniques appropriate for your cat. Clipping, scissoring and shaping.
- Handling your cat during grooming and promoting it as a pleasurable process for you both
Regular grooming of your pet has many benefits including:
- Valuable time with your pet
- Maintaining the coat and health of your pet
- Preventing matting
- A healthy coat and skin
- Prevents natural-oil build-ups on the skin and fur
- Save yourself grooming and vets fees by learning to groom your own pet
Groom Your Own Cat
Courses are for a session, which means one session in the morning or afternoon and is it will last as long as your cat takes.
This course is bespoke to you and your cat, it can include:
Handling, health check, combing, brushing, dematting using trimmers, wet/dry bathing, nail/ear/eye care. We will cover maintenance grooming and techniques for your individual cat.
We accept cats in any coat condition so dont worry we are here to help you resolve any maintenance issues and make grooming your cat enjoyable for both of you.
Upon completing the application form, you will be contacted by a member of Absolutely Animals about the course and getting started. Completing this form does not require you to continue the course. All the terms are set out.
*Price does not include the cost of grooming the cat.
£100 Inc. VAT
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