How to Train

Your Dog to be Groomed

Train your dog to cooperate during grooming for a more enjoyable, and more successful, grooming process!

Having a dog that is trained to be comfortable and cooperative while grooming is very beneficial for the efficiency and ease of the grooming session AND the final results of your grooming. Allison covers proven strategies to make grooming a positive experience for both you and your dog. Learn from someone who has successfully trained thousands of dogs to be groomed (and look great too!)

You will learn how to train your dog to enjoy grooming sessions, so they are calm and cooperative during competitions. Topics include:

  • Introduce your puppy/young dog to the grooming process
  • How to train your dog to make your grooming more efficient (and achieve better results)
  • Train your dog to behave during the grooming process
  • Encourage your dog to enjoy the grooming process
  • Ensuring your dog’s comfort for the grooming process
  • Troubleshooting a fearful dog
  • Troubleshooting a willful/uncooperative dog
  • Troubleshooting an overly exuberant dog
  • Suggested timetables on how long grooming and training should take
  • How to mitigate grooming training troubles

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Allison Alexander

Believing that you should always do what you love, Allison Alexander became a professional handler in 1987 and presented Canada's top dogs for over 30 years. Allison has bred, owned, groomed and handled many breeds across all seven groups and has finished more than 2000 champions!

With more than 750 All-Breed Best in Shows, she is proud to have been highly awarded at such prestigious shows as Crufts, the World Dog Show, Westminster Kennel Club, and the AKC Invitational.

In 2017, Allison launched Leading Edge Dog Show Academy, the world's first online dog show training school. Her mission is to help mentor a new generation of dog show enthusiasts through innovative video-based grooming and handling lessons. She looks forward to working with enthusiastic students as they perfect their skills on the way to the winner's circle!



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