Fast Track Hands-On Training

Total Training Time: 240 Classroom hours
Prerequisite: A love of animals….

This is a very popular program for highly motivated individuals when time and budget are limited. You get to designate you own training hours!

Approximate time to complete this program if you were to take:
24 Hours per week… 10 weeks to complete
40 Hours per week… 6 weeks to complete

Program Costs

Application Fee: $25.00
Entrance Exam: $25.00
Tuition: $3125.00

DVDs: $900.00
OR
3 Month Membership to Learn2GroomDogs.com: $107.10

Program Description

This program was designed to fit the needs of highly motivated and confident individuals. Students concentrate on basic pet grooming and handling of dogs and cats (cats optional) including brushing, combing, cutting nails, cleaning ears preparatory clipping, bathing, drying and basic finishing techniques for various longhaired, shorthaired and double coated breads. Students are taught to properly groom the popular breeds of dogs and cats encountered in a typical grooming shop. Focus is on low maintenance clipper trims, basic head styling, and foundation scissoring skills.

Level 1 - 120 hours

Students concentrate on basic pet grooming and handling of dogs and cats, (cats optional), including brushing, combing, clipping nails, cleaning ears, preparatory clipping, bathing, drying and basic finishing techniques for various long haired, short haired and double coated breeds.

Level 2 - 120 hours

Students are taught to properly groom the popular breeds of dogs and cats, (cats optional), encountered in a typical grooming shop. Focus is on low maintenance clipper trims, basic head styling and foundation scissoring skills. Trainers work with students to develop gentle and effective handling skills so students can win the trust and cooperation of pets in a professional setting.

This program is for you if you are tight on time and money. Many students that are highly motivated and excel at being a self-starter find this program perfect to get their career off the ground! We focus on the basic skills necessary to get started is a professional pet groomer. Upon successful completion of The Paragon Fast Track Program, we encourage individuals to seek employment where they can receive moderate supervision as their careers blossom.

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Paragon Hands-On Program Catalog