Create Calm. Build Trust. Groom with Confidence.
The Stress Free Pets groomers course and certification provides you with world class knowledge and skills on animal handling and behaviour to reduce fear understand stress, and improve care throughout the grooming process.
Your investment will include the Stress Free Pets e-learning course. Your annual membership benefits include access to a network of Stress Free Pets professionals, ongoing CE and tools to implement and market your certification.
The Course
Stress Free Pets for groomers is a certification course that consists of 10 modules specifically created for grooming professionals. Each module concludes with a 10 question quiz to ensure understanding and certification standards are met. Focusing on best practice, this self-paced course has been developed in collaboration with and is presented by Veterinary behaviour specialists and internationally recognised experts.
On successful completion of all 10 modules you will obtain certification as a Stress Free Pets Grooming Professional.
Continual professional development:
We are continually improving our courses and adding professional CE and tools for our members. To ensure our education programs maintain the highest professional standard, our advisory board regularly reviews all Stress Free Pets courses.
Each year you will be required to maintain your professional certification with 4 hours of CE. These 4 hours of professional CE are included in your annual membership. Future topics of CE and modules include:
- Industry and environment specific such as grooming, shelters, day care and training.
- Advanced techniques including advanced cooperative care techniques.
- Updated and new evidence based tools and techniques
Modules include:
- Understanding canine body language: Canine communication
- Understanding feline body language: Feline communication
- Essential co-operative care behaviours for groomers
- Creating a stress free environment
- Recognising and reducing stress, fear and anxiety in the salon environment
- Introduction to Stress Free handling
- Setting up the Stress Free grooming room
- Stress Free handling techniques for dogs and cats
- Prevention of stress, fear and anxiety prior to arrival
- Implementation and maintaining momentum of the ‘Stress Free’ Program