Sunday Programs

Efficient Grooming: Trimming Time for Success

Tammy Siert

Time is money! In this seminar Tammy will show you tips and tools for maximizing your grooming time. With a live demo, we look at ways to use clippers to cut down scissor time and other techniques to get the same time-tested quality grooms your clients deserve. Cutting time doesn’t mean sacrificing quality, let Tammy show you the way!

Short Cuts

Melissa Jepson

“We want short, but not too short!” These are instructions many groomers dread hearing. In this “bread and butter”-type class, we will be going over how to add style and flair to shorter trims, and also how to make a longer, faux trim functional for day-to-day wear. If you or your clients are frustrated by constantly having to shave, this class is for you!

Groomers in the Green: Understanding Your Money

Dr. Molly Rowland & Todd Rowland

This course focuses on the financial side of the pet grooming business—whether you are a solo groomer or have an entire team! The material from this course will benefit groomers at every level, from the employee to the multi-salon owner by teaching the foundation for setting realistic budgets, unexpected expenses, creating an emergency fund, appropriately paying and providing benefits (yes, even to yourself!), pricing, and how to create your plan to financial freedom for your business and your personal life!

Clipper & Blade Clinic

Diane Betelak

Bring your clipper, a Phillips head and a regular screwdriver to this one-hour clinic. Diane will show you how to save money by keeping your clippers and blades in tip-top shape! She will show you how to change the drive assembly and hinge on your clipper, and how and when to clean and oil your blades, as well as other easy maintenance tricks. In these tough economic times, saving money is a must, and this class will save you plenty in sharpening and repair costs.

Mobile vs Salon: Which One Is for You?

Guzal Adekoje

In this one-hour seminar, Guzal will reveal all the advantages and disadvantages of the two models of our industry. With her years of experience running both mobile grooming and brick and mortar salons, she knows all the ins & outs and whys. Learn all that you need to know to help you make a decision on which route to go.

Thinning Shears: A Groomer’s Best Kept Secret!

Jonathan David

Jonathan believes thinning shears are one of his most useful cutting tools. He executes entire haircuts on a variety of coat types using thinning shears alone. In this live-dog demonstration-style seminar, he’ll share his use of the “scissor over comb” techniques that he has learned and developed into his own personal style. The soft lines of thinners vs. the blunt cut of a scissor results in smooth layering and a natural-looking finish incomparable to any other. And with the use of thinning shears, you can achieve any length trim without being limited to snap-on combs.

Rabbit Grooming 101

Anjie Coates

This course is an introductory guide for those who would like to venture into rabbit grooming. With six to nine million pet rabbits in the U.S. and roughly 100 rabbit groomers, we need more groomers able to handle these pets for grooming. As rabbits are fragile creatures, much information should be known before even attempting to groom a rabbit, and this course will give you all the foundational knowledge necessary to help you decide if rabbit grooming may be the new revenue stream you’d like to add to your salon.

Assisting the Entrepreneurodivergent

Stephenie Calhoun

The neurodivergent entrepreneur is a force to be reckoned with for the naysayers, and will always be the first to your side when you need a hand. Unfortunately, the universe has to maintain the balance, so it throws time blindness, object permanence, and executive dysfunction at us. In this class, we will discuss different situations in which our neurodivergence throws us a curveball and what we can do to turn it into a home run.

Rockin’ Some Simple Creative

Adriane Pope

In this creative grooming seminar, Adriane will show you some ways to make this unique area of grooming fun and make the designs pop. A live demo will be included to show you how to add the finishing touches to a cute design.

Heads Up! Expressions and Personality

Mackensie Murphy

Our clients love those little faces staring up at them from the food bowls at dinner time, and it’s our job to make them as cute as we can! Watch as Mackensie shows you how to perfect the faces and capture the expression on multiple different breeds. From doodles to Shih Tzus and everything in between, she will teach blending techniques and new ideas to give our favorite pets a face lift!

The Bedlington Terrier

Nadia Bongelli

Learn about this fun and unique breed from breed specialist Nadia Bongelli, who has been grooming and living with Bedlington Terriers since 2015. You’ll learn the ins and outs of Bedlington grooming, for inside the salon and in the show ring. Don’t miss this rare chance to learn about the dog world's best kept secret, the Bedlington!

Lefty in a Righty World

Markie James

Are you left-handed and needing some direction for tools and how to use them? Not sure how to adapt to some right-hand ways? In this class, Markie James will go over how she's adapted and overcome being left-handed when the majority of what's offered is for the right-handed. She'll even cover ergonomics and good stretches to help maintain that hand strength to help keep us in our “right minds.”