The Hound Table podcast
Real talk from the grooming table
Pull up a chair. The Upper Hound team talk honestly about grooming, running a salon, and what it really takes to become a dog groomer. Answers to the questions we get asked every week.
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Not ready to become a groomer yet?
That’s fine. Start with our free course, Before You Train: what the job is really like day to day, the care that goes beyond a haircut, and how to choose training that makes you a groomer. It takes about ten minutes.
Keep learning, free
Short courses from the same team. Free with an account.
FreeStarting a UK Dog Grooming Business
Business & Pricing · 15 lessons · 26 min
Choose between home, mobile and high-street, name your business, and write a business plan section by section.


by The Upper Hound team
FreeInside the Salon: Calm, Happy Grooming
Skills · 17 lessons · 24 min
Short clips from the Upper Hound salon: bathing, brushing, drying, feet, nails and ears, filmed on real dogs.


by The Upper Hound team
Never be the only groomer in the room
Grooming can be lonely. Membership gives you a room full of groomers who get it, a live Q&A with the Upper Hound team every month, and someone to ask before the tricky groom, not after.
Every course and template in the members’ library
A live Q&A every month, with every replay
A friendly community, looked after by the team
Member discount on single courses
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