Penn Foster

I took the pet grooming certificare course.. Went and applied at PetSmart go figure they don't accept my pet grooming certificate no one does in sask... such waste of money.. I took my hardest and practised everything for no reason!!!

Horrible, it's exactly what it sounds like taking a pet grooming course over the internet. WILL NOT WORK... You will walk away with just as much experience as this if you just go down to your local bookstore and pick up a book on Pet Grooming! Waste of money!

When I called Penn Foster to speak with one of their counselors I was a little skeptical. The closest Pet Grooming school is two hours away from me and starts at 7:45AM - kinda wanted to see if there was something a little more convenient since I have two kids. When I looked online Penn Foster kept on popping up so I gave them a call, thinking the whole time, "I don't know about an online course in PET GROOMING! Don't I need to SEE what needs to be done, not just read about it?" So the guy assures me that I'll be well equipped with all the knowledge and tools necessary to start my own business at the time I complete the program and, hey, it's about $7,000 LESS than those schools that I'd be driving to everyday for two hours at the crack of dawn! So while the payment options are very convenient, the material and tools and "training" that you will receive is ABSOLUTELY NOT WORTH IT! I'm breezing through these exams and that's NO JOKE! As soon as the next "MOD" becomes available and I can click on the exams to take them, I'm done all three exams in less than 20 minutes! The materials are pretty simple - definitely some worth while information, but more or less something you'd pick up after you got your certificate to further help you understand dogs and cats as a species, you know? Then they try and explain in words how to groom animals - no video - the photos are illustrated and the fact that I'm not stuck paying for this is absolutely infuriating! Spend the extra money! Nobody's hiring me when I hand them my "Penn Foster" Certificate! And the most ridiculous thing is that you don't get all of your training tools at one time! When I got my second training packet - they sent me a comb! A freaking COMB! So pretty much, by the time you're all done with all the mods - you MAY be fully equipped to try out your tools and attempt to groom a dog - but don't you dare charge for this service because it's not going to be done correctly! I'm not kidding you. I'm fine with paying this tuition off because the truth is it's only seven hundred fifty bucks. I'm just really upset over the fact that there is no instructional video to teach me REALLY what needs to be done. Needless to say (and if you're smart and really want to learn how to groom you'll do the same) I'm ordering my training materials from http://www.learntogroom.com/ They actually ask you to send them before and after photos of dogs that you've groomed while taking their course and it's all they do so you know they've put a hell of a lot more time and effort into preparing their training materials. I certainly learned my lesson here! I hope you won't make the same mistake I did!