Handling the Difficult Cat

How do you groom a difficult cat? Most groomers would say, “I don’t!” Are you in that group?

Many professional groomers focus on dogs. That may be because an aggressive or difficult dog is easier to understand than a cat. Felines are a whole different story – unless you are Danelle German, President and Founder of the National Cat Groomers Institute of America!

Danelle and her team have helped thousands of people master the art of professional cat grooming. Many of her students groom cats exclusively. They aren’t alone – many professional pet stylists are headed in that direction. Cats are smaller, faster, and far less complicated to groom. They also offer a much higher profit margin for your pocketbook.

What do you do when you have a feisty feline on your grooming table? How do you win their trust and cooperation? It comes from understanding the temperament of the cat and how to relate to it. The more you understand feline body language, the quicker you will win their trust.

Danelle takes you through an entire cat grooming procedure: prep work, bath, blow dry, and finish. Through the entire lesson, she focuses on handling skills with this somewhat uncooperative feline. The only reason this lesson went so smoothly is because of Danelle’s ability to handle the cat safely and effectively.

Danelle manages to keep total control over the situation through her firm, yet gentle, handling methods. As she’s working on this cat, she explains every step including WHY her techniques work – and what to expect. As Danelle says, if a cat is taught correctly how to behave from the get-go, they generally become a pretty complacent kitty to groom.

If you do not feel 100% confident working with cats on a professional level, you need to watch this lesson! Who knows, you might be the next professional pet groomer to work exclusively with cats.

In this lesson, you will learn:

• why it is important to know the cat’s temperament on a scale from 1 to 10.
• the best surface to use when working with cats.• natural traits that can really help you regain control.
• why it is important to set the tone for the grooming experience.
• why speed is important to the grooming process.