Learn all about dog and cat grooming! Pet groomers, more than any other group of pet health care professionals, fill a very unique niche in enhancing pet health. Your profession requires certain attributes not required by veterinarians, trainers, breeders, pet shop owners, kennel operators and pet food retail salespeople. (See How To Evaluate a Groomer.) To be a successful pet grooming professional you must have hands on contact with your subjects, you will be required to carefully observe each subject while grooming, and you will be doing this while patiently controlling the pet. Your job requires you to spend time with the pet in such a manner that you will be able to judge the pet’ s physical and mental attitude. No other pet health care professional is required to fulfill all of these conditions in the execution of their job… the professional groomer holds a unique and vital position in pet health care delivery.
Of course there’s a huge responsibility you must bear not only to be the best groomer you can be but also to be a healthcare advocate on behalf of the pets with whom you work. With your hands-on contact and acute observational skills you should be prepared to relate to a veterinarian or to the pet’s owner any deviations from normal that you detect in the pet.
