Fear Free Groomers: Simple Behaviors to Help You

Course Overview

This one-hour course will give you some simple but incredibly useful, easy-to-teach behaviors you can use with the pets you’re grooming to help make your job easier. The concepts of targeting and stationing can be invaluable for grooming—and we promise that taking a small amount of time to teach them up front will pay you dividends in the long run!

This course was written by Terrie Hayward, M.Ed., KPA-CTP, CDBC, CPDT-KA, CSAT.

This course consists of three lessons:

  • Lesson 1: Overview of Fear Free Grooming and Positive Reinforcement
  • Lesson 2: Introduction to Targeting and Stationing
  • Lesson 3: Teaching a Chin Rest, Hand Target, and Stationing

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You must be a certified groomer to sign up for this course

Course Content

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