Program Goals and Outcomes

Pet and Dog Grooming Goals and Outcomes

Penn Foster's Pet Grooming Certificate Program teaches you how to care for the grooming needs of your own dogs and cats and can help position you for employment as a pet or dog groomer.

Pet Grooming

Certificate 2 months As low as $50/mo

Full Program Overview

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Program Goal

The Pet Grooming certificate program teaches students how to care for the grooming needs of their own dogs and cats.

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to...

Identify the duties of a pet groomer and how to establish a grooming business
Know the historical background of the dog and cat and identify the anatomy of the dog and cat
Identify grooming hand tools and describe their uses and describe how to bathe, dry, and prepare a dog for grooming
Recognize how to groom dogs from the Terrier group, non-sporting group, and toy group
Recognize how to groom dogs from the sporting group, herding group, hound group, and working group
Recognize how to groom poodles, mixed breeds and drop-coat styles, and puppies
Recognize the basic personalities of different dogs and understand how to groom dogs who have behavior problems
Identify the characteristics common to cats' personality types and understand how to properly handle each type of cat
Know the basics of bookkeeping, advertising, customer service, and setting pricing and fees to start a pet grooming business