AEWDGP Advanced Eight Week Dog Grooming: 176 Hours
First Two Weeks: 44 Hours
- Orientation
- Safety
- Tools and Techniques
- Maintenance of Show coat
- Nutrition
- Practice Scissor and Thinning Techniques
- Demonstrations: Artistic Styles
- Study and Interpret Breed Standards of the Toy and Terrier Groups
- Breed Standard Comparisons
- Guest Speaker: AKC Judge
- Demonstrations: Toy and Terrier Breeds
- Test
Second Two Weeks: 44 Hours
- Practice Thinning and Scissoring
- Demonstrations: Hand Scissoring
- Practice Ring Procedure
- All about Dog Shows
- Timing
- Study and Interpret Breed Standards of the Hound and Working Groups
- Demonstrations: Hound and Working Breeds
- Scissoring, finishing and thinning shear techniques
- Speed Techniques
- Test
Third Two Weeks: 44 Hours
- Nutrition
- Show Grooming for Movement
- Identifying common skin and coat problems
- Time prioritization
- Fault correction
- Attribute Enhancement
- Study and Interpret breed standards of the Sporting and Non-Sporting Groups
- Demonstrations: Sporting and Non-Sporting
- Maintenance of Show Coat
- Veterinarian Guest Lecture
- Test
Fourth Two Weeks:> 44 Hours
- The AKC Point Schedule
- Field trip to a local Dog Show
- Dog Show Handling Techniques
- Study and interpret Breed Standards of the Herding Group and Miscellaneous Class
- Demonstrations: Show Grooming
- Demonstration: Herding
- Dog Show Handling
- Successful Salon Operations
- Advanced finishing Techniques
- Video
- Field Trip to Local Dog Show
- Test
The Advanced 8 week Program includes:
- Field Trip to Local Dog Show
- Veterinarian Guest Lecture
- AKC Judge Guest Speaker
- Show Grooming
This program does not include equipment
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