Diploma Program - Express | Nash Academy dog grooming school Lexington

Diploma Program
Express for Beginners

If you have no experience bathing, grooming, or styling dogs in a professional setting, this program is for you! Onsite Only - 10 Weeks to complete and earn your Nash Dog Bathing, Grooming, and Styling Diploma!

This program provides you with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to gain employment as a professional dog bather, groomer, and stylist. You complete the nine theory-based courses while attending your practical application onsite courses. All online courses are a self-study read and test out.

Many graduates open their salons or purchase a mobile van immediately after graduation!

Option 1 Online Read and Test Out Courses

$120 Understanding Man's Best Friend

$120 Form & Function of Man's Best Friend

$120 Taking Care of Man's Best Friend

$120 First Aid & CPR for Man's Best Friend (Includes Feline and Human First Aid and CPR)

$120 Who's Who for Man's Best Friend

$120 Variations & Creations for Man's Best Friend

$240 Salon for Man's Best Friend

$240 Grooming Man's Best Friend

$240 Styling for Man's Best Friend

$1440 Tuition Fee for Online Courses

Onsite Practical Skills Training Courses

$960 Bathing Basics: 80 Hours

$1800 Grooming Basics: 120 Hours

$3000 Styling Basics: 200 Hours

$6360 Tuition Fee for Onsite Courses

Tuition Fees

Application Fee: $100.00

Tuition: $7800.00

Total Application and Tuition Fee: $7900.00 *Tool kit not included

Tuition fees effective 4/1/22.

Time to Complete

Online & Onsite: 500 Hours

Time To Complete: 10 Weeks *Attending 40 Hours Per Week

Option 2 Online with Course Leader

$180 Understanding Man's Best Friend

$180 Form & Function of Man's Best Friend

$180 Taking Care of Man's Best Friend

$180 First Aid & CPR for Man's Best Friend

$180 Who's Who for Man's Best Friend

$180 Variations & Creations for Man's Best Friend

$360 Salon for Man's Best Friend

$360 Grooming Man's Best Friend

$360 Styling for Man's Best Friend

$2160 Tuition Fee for Online Courses

Onsite Practical Skills Training Courses

$960 Bathing Basics: 80 Hours

$1800 Grooming Basics: 120 Hours

$3000 Styling Basics: 200 Hours

$6360 Tuition Fee for Onsite Courses

Tuition Fees

Application Fee: $100.00

Tuition: $8520.00

Total Application and Tuition Fee: $8620.00 *Tool kit not included

Tuition fees effective 4/1/22.

Time to Complete

Online & Onsite: 500 Hours

Time To Complete: 10 Weeks *Attending 40 Hours Per Week

Program Objective

Upon completing this program, you will understand and be able to bathe, groom, and style pets encountered in a dog bathing, grooming, and styling salon in a compassionate, safe and gentle manner.

You will study and learn all about the canine.

Study the dog's history, temperament, and behavior, and the basic training methods used to train dogs.
Learn the dog's external anatomy, integumentary, skeletal, muscular, digestive, reproductive, urinary, respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine system.
Learn about the body types, skull types, head types, feet types, tail types, coat types, and color types of the canine.
Study nutrition, disease, vaccinations, medical conditions, and inherited disorders in the canine.
Study external and external parasites found on dogs and cats.
Study and practice first aid and CPR for canines and felines.
Learn about the different breeds, how to recognize the various breeds, their country of origin, the original task for which they were bred, the approximate size and weight and coat color of each breed, and the characteristics that are a trademark for particular breeds.
Study the basic salon design and layout, salon organization and sanitation, proper salon procedures, salon operations, and client relations.

Program Performance Objectives

You will learn the following technical procedures:

Nail trimming, ear cleaning, teeth brushing, expressing anal glands, de-matting, bathing, drying, combing, brushing, carding, hand stripping, clipping, scissoring, and thinning.

You will learn the following styling procedures:

How to create shapes, balance, and symmetry
How to set basic pattern lines and pattern blending.
Styling and finishing techniques for all coat types on mixed and purebred dogs.

You will also learn the following salon procedures:

Safe and gentle handling of the pet during all technical procedures.
Salon organization and sanitation.
Proper salon policies and procedures.

Prerequisite

No previous experience is necessary. Students can have no handicaps, physical or otherwise, that could reasonably prevent the use of the knowledge or skills gained from the training offered for successful on-the-job performance after completion of the training. The student must have a High School Diploma or GED or complete and pass the "Ability to Benefit".