Diploma Program - Traditional | Nash Academy dog grooming school Lexington

Traditional Diploma Program

This program is designed to provide you with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to gain employment as a professional dog bather, groomer, and stylist. Many of our graduates open their own salon or purchase a mobile van immediately after graduation. You complete the nine theory-based courses while attending your practical application onsite courses. All online courses are self study.

Onsite Practical Skills Training Courses

$960 Bathing Basics: 200 Hours

$1800 Grooming Basics: 200 Hours

$3000 Styling Basics: 200 Hours

$6360 Tuition Fee for Onsite Courses

Online Courses included the program

$120 Understanding Man's Best Friend

$120 Form & Function of Man's Best Friend Online Virtual Book

$120 Taking Care of Man's Best Friend, Online Virtual Book

$120 First Aid & CPR for Man's Best Friend Online Virtual Book (Includes Feline and Human First Aid and CPR)

$120 Who's Who for Man's Best Friend

$120 Variations & Creations for Man's Best Friend

$240 Salon for Man's Best Friend, Online Virtual Book

$240 Grooming for Man's Best Friend Online Virtual Book

$240 Styling for Man's Best Friend, Online Virtual Book

$1440 Tuition Fee Online Courses

Tuition Fees

Application Fee: $100.00

Tuition: $7800.00

Total Application and Tuition Fee: $7900.00 *Tool kit not included

Time to Complete

Online & Onsite: 600 Clock Hours

Time To Complete: 15 Weeks - *Attending 40 Hours Per Week

Minimum Time To Complete: 3 months

Maximum Time To Complete: 12 months

Program Objective

Upon completing this program, you will understand and be able to bathe, groom, and style pets encountered in a dog bathing, grooming, and styling salon in a compassionate, safe and gentle manner.

You will study and learn all about the canine.

Study the dog's history, temperament, and behavior, and the basic training methods used to train dogs.
Learn the dog's external anatomy, integumentary, skeletal, muscular, digestive, reproductive, urinary, respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine systems.
Learn about the body types, skull types, head types, feet types, tail types, coat types, and color types of the canine.
Study nutrition, disease, vaccinations, medical conditions, and inherited disorders in the canine.
Study external and external parasites found in dogs and cats.
Study and practice first aid and CPR for canines and felines.
Learn about the different breeds, how to recognize the various breeds, their country of origin, the original task for which they were bred, the approximate size and weight, and coat color of each breed, and the characteristics of a trademarked for particular breeds.
Study the basic salon design and layout, salon organization and sanitation, proper salon procedures, salon operations, and client relations.

Program Performance Objectives

You will learn the following technical procedures:

Nail trimming, ear cleaning, teeth brushing, expressing anal glands, de-matting, bathing, drying, combing, brushing, carding, hand stripping, clipping, scissoring, and thinning.

You will learn the following styling procedures:

How to create shapes, balance, and symmetry
How to set basic pattern lines and pattern blending.
Styling and finishing techniques for all coat types on mixed and purebred dogs.

You will also learn the following salon procedures:

Safe and gentle handling of the pet during all technical procedures.
Salon organization and sanitation.
Proper salon policies and procedures.

Prerequisite

No previous experience is necessary. Students can have no handicaps, physical or otherwise, that could reasonably prevent the use of the knowledge or skills gained from the training offered for successful on-the-job performance after completion of the training. The student must have a High School Diploma or GED or complete and pass the "Ability to Benefit".