Help pet owners proudly show off their furry friends by keeping their pets groomed and healthy.
Kirkwood Continuing Education now offers a noncredit Pet Grooming Certificate to teach you skills and techniques to professionally groom and maintain the appearance of pets, especially dogs and cats.
Grooming skills you’ll learn in this program include brushing, combing, and cutting the pet’s hair, trimming toenails, bathing and drying the pet, cleaning its ears, and pet styling.
The next in-person, noncredit program begins May 16, 2022 and lasts four months. Tuition includes all required textbooks and grooming supplies.
*You do not need to apply to Kirkwood to take this noncredit course.
Kirkwood offers tuition assistance based on eligibility for students each year who pursue noncredit certificates.
Click the link below to find out if you qualify for funding that covers your tuition cost.
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Are you a business interested in partnering with our Pet Grooming Program? We want to hear from you! Reach out to us through the form below.
Looking for a way to get your pet groomed and contribute to the community? The Kirkwood Grooming Lab is equipped with everything necessary for a safe, positive experience for your pet.
We are now taking appointments! Call us at 319-398-4980 or use the online booking service below to reserve a session.
Includes brush-out, nails trimmed and dremeled, bathing, drying, cleaning ears and anal glands if need be. Also free tooth brushing.
Small dog (0-20lbs) short hair $15-20 med-long hair $20-25
Medium dog (20-50lbs) short hair $20-25 med-long hair $30-35
Large dog (50-75lbs) short hair $25-40 med-long hair $40-50
X-lg. dog (75 lbs & up) short hair $50 & up med-long hair $60 & up
Includes all services in the Bath & Basics, plus clipping of the body hair. Dogs with fleas or matted dogs will be charged extra.
Small Dog $30-40 (0-20 lbs.)
Medium Dog $40-50 (20-50 lbs.)
Large Dog $50 & Up (50-80 lbs.)
X-Lg. Dog $60 & Up (80 lbs & Up)
FURminator Treatment can be added to any service for $10-30.
The program featured above is a noncredit* course created in collaboration between the Agricultural Sciences department and the Continuing Education department. *College credit is not awarded for noncredit programs.
Continuing Education Department
Kirkwood Center for Lifelong Learning