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Below is listed the
recommended equipment. You may upgrade any of your equipment if you
wish. You can purchase your
equipment directly through our supplier. You can reach them
to order your equipment by calling them at 1-800-734-4228. Just tell them
you need a grooming kit to attend our school. They will take good care
of you. The cost of the complete
kit as suggested is approximately $800. You may also purchase your
equipment each week as you need it.
On your first day...
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On your first day of class, we will provide you with
tools to mark all of
your equipment with your name or initials so that if you lay it down somewhere, we know
who to return it to.
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tackle box to keep all of your equipment organized.
The tool box pictured below is the favorite among students and staff alike
as it is on wheels and has plenty of room for added equipment. It is
also very reasonably priced at only $25!
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Dress Code
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will need a scrub type nylon smock top to wear to school every day. If
you have some, you can wear them but it must be
made of nylon, not cotton (hair sticks to cotton and takes a long
time to dry when you get wet!) The smock top must be our school
colors which are either solid black, solid tan, solid hunter green,
solid gray or a leopard
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| You can wear
black pants, shorts or skirts (no shorter than 1" above the knee) made of denim or nylon. These are
good fabrics because hair does not stick to them. Sometimes you
can find the nylon pants at Wal-Mart with the jogging type pants for
as little as $10-$12. |
| Wear closed toed
shoes with no heels. Your shoes need to be comfortable and have non-skid soles
like tennis shoes or crocs. |
Equipment
Needed:
This is the
type of tool box most of the students like. You can purchase this
(Stanley brand)
at Home Depot or Wal-Mart or K-Mart for around $25. It has a
handle and is on wheels for easy transport if needed. It has lots
of room and divided compartments for your blades, scissors and other
tools.
From Problems to Profits: The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming Businesses
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The First week, we provide
everything you need except for a smock top
Approved (see above) smock top
Week 2 Mini Grooms
1
nylon lead
1 greyhound comb
1 soft slicker brush
1 grooming loop
1 dremel
1 Andis AG2 clipper with #10 blade
1 large universal slicker brush
1 Furminator
1 pair blunt tipped curved scissors
1 cat claw scissors
1 #40 blade
1 ear powder
1 pair curved hemostats
1 quick stop
1 pack of grooming bands
1 set of dog muzzles
1 set of cat muzzles (optional)
1 Oster rake
1 pair 8” straight scissors
1 tool box to store equipment
1 Andis Kool Care plus
Week 3 Beginning Hair cuts and
de-matting
1
pair 8” curved scissors
1 #7F blade
1 #5F blade
1 #15 blade
1 dematting comb
1 matt breaker
Week 4 Intermediate haircuts –
Terriers, simple poodle cuts and longer Teddy bear cuts
1 #4F blade
1 #3 ¾ blade
Week 5 More Intermediate
haircuts – Wheaton Terriers, Teddy bear cuts on curly coats, Snap On
combs
1 set of 14 snap on combs
1 pair thinning shears
1 5/8 blade (optional)
That’s all that is required. Lots of the
students choose to add other stuff, but it’s not needed, just
optional.
If you wish to learn to use clipper vacuuming methods and
speed grooming techniques, you will need to purchase a clipper
vacuum from our supplier. Call 1-540-371-8242 for information
on the clipper vacuuming systems available. |
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