I got invited back to my old high school by my old agriculture teacher and FFA adviser to teach a class on grooming dogs tomorrow. I'm bringing the basic tools with me. Clippers, nail clippers, different snap-ons for the clippers, brushes, ear cleaner, tweezers (to pull ear hair), shampoo, scissors, crate and of course two of my three dogs. I'm bringing my Dachshund Moe to show how to prep a bath dog and how to handle a dog with allergies and skin problems. And I'm also bringing my Westie Wrigley to show how to groom with, I'm basically just going to do a touch up groom with him since his groom I did on him a few days ago came out choppy. Now I'm not a certified groomer, but I've been a hobby groomer and grooming my own dogs for about 4 years now. I've done a couple of shave downs on my westie and a few westie cuts on him as well. I have worked as a bather though in a couple of groom shops and from watching and listening to the groomers I've worked with I picked up a few tricks and learned the basics. I'm not the best groomer but I think I do an okay job. I work at a petsomething and a few privatley owned shops. I do sani. cuts and what not for my all my friends' dogs as well as bathe them and nials, and ears. etc. free of charge.
But back to my question, is there anything I should talk about while I'm there? Like the different tools to use and what they're purpose is for? Or the differences between show cuts and pet cuts? I also want to touch on how it's important that your longer haired dogs and the ones that require grooming visit the groomer every 6-8 weeks and the whole speech of working with their dogs at home and BRUSHING!!! how brushing is VERY important to prevent matting. As well as touch a bit on dealing with aggressive dogs.....
Any other suggestions I should touch on? Or do I pretty much have it covered?
But back to my question, is there anything I should talk about while I'm there? Like the different tools to use and what they're purpose is for? Or the differences between show cuts and pet cuts? I also want to touch on how it's important that your longer haired dogs and the ones that require grooming visit the groomer every 6-8 weeks and the whole speech of working with their dogs at home and BRUSHING!!! how brushing is VERY important to prevent matting. As well as touch a bit on dealing with aggressive dogs.....
Any other suggestions I should touch on? Or do I pretty much have it covered?
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