Our school directory sorts by location. A few schools are not listed here by their request! Our popular directory can generate volumes of info requests which can be a bit much for schools accepting as few as 2 to 6 students a year. Others we choose not to list. Did you know some U.S. states don't have a single school of pet grooming? True! Even the largest states have just a few. Many career seekers are shocked to learn how few schools of grooming actually exist in the US.

You've probably noticed that professionals advise the public where they received their education. Look for their diplomas and certificates hanging on the walls of their offices. Isn’t the same discerning attitude appropriate for you? Are you not going to be caring for living animals beloved by their owners? Are you not going to be operating advanced tools and machinery and to be expected to potentially groom everything tall and small in the canine world and perhaps the feline world as well? Won’t your clients expect expert styling, safety, humane treatment and proper handling? Of course, your educational choice is one of the most important decisions you will make in your career.

“Caveat emptor” is Latin for “Let the buyer beware.” That adage certainly applies. Remember that in a profession without vocational licensing in any U.S. state any and every grooming school owner has the liberty to design a curriculum for grooming totally “their way.” Therefore, we assure you that curriculums vary greatly from school to school, no two are the same. However we don’t want to scare you. Most schools are reputable, but not every program serves the needs of every new career seeker. That’s where you need to learn just what are your educational needs.

If you were to ask us the most common mistake students make in selecting a school, we wouldn’t lose a beat and say, “Choosing to attend a school solely based on the reason that it is the closest one to where you live.” The odds that the curriculum right for you is in your neighborhood wouldn’t take you far in Las Vegas. Yes we have heard every excuse why someone cannot travel outside of their area to attend school for a few weeks. Fine, it is your choice and we are just giving you our best advice. We have all too often heard some remorse from students that they didn’t travel to this or that school, so there you have it. Let’s move on.

Here’s our next best advice.

Ensure that the institution you select is properly approved to provide pet grooming vocational education in accordance with the laws applicable within the jurisdiction where it exists. Except for a small handful of U.S. states, "vocational schools" must be “state approved” or “state licensed” by an agency of the state in which they reside. It is your responsibility to ensure your school is currently state licensed (where required by law) before you enroll in the institution. Several U.S. states require vocational schools to provide all prospective students with the name and contact information for the state agency which licenses them. You can contact that agency to ensure if the school is in good standing. Most schools outside the U.S. are not formally licensed like most U.S. vocational schools, but sometimes they are certified. The same rule applies, investigate your school’s approval where required.

Your first step is to contact the schools of your interest and request their brochure (sometimes called a “catalog”). Thoroughly review the contents and follow-up with a site tour and interview with the institution's administration. Some U.S. states require a tour before you enroll; what does that tell you? Make it a point to tour the institution before you enroll.

Here's another very important piece of advice.

If several courses are offered, always take the longest course (whenever possible). As we have said before you will find that pet groomers keep learning more and more about grooming for the first several years. There are so many breeds and mixed breeds it can take some time before you had a chance to groom all the breed groups and the hundreds of different mixes. The longer your training period the more likely you will have a broad variety of experience. That experience will show down line and you will gain more confidence.

More extensive company data is provided here for schools that advertise. If you wish to advertise click here. If you are thinking about opening a grooming school click here for consultant and licensing information.

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