Testimonials

I just want to take a few moments to thank Dwayne and yourself for a wonderful experience this week. I know I was your first catter and I wanted to give you some feedback. I found Dwayne to be very knowledgeable and soooooooo patient. I have no regrets taking the course, I loved it in fact. Dwayne is a very good instructor and knows how to direct content to user's comprehension. I love that book, yes pricey, but down to the nuts and bolt on what and how, the way I like it. I have spent alot of time reading it and it will be very valuable in the future. Again thanks to the both of you for a great experience.
- Mary Rose Lennox, March 2010

I just wanted to say thank you for allowing my mom and I to visit your wonderful school. We both had a fabulous time and left feeling very inspired and optimistic. We are very interested in attending but are trying to work out the best time schedule for us. Thanks again. You really have an amazing business and program.
- Ashley

I just wanted to send a quick note regarding my dog's grooming experience today. I brought my chocolate lab in for the second time (ever) - last time was Dec. '08. She worked with one of your grooming students today, and I am THRILLED with the results... She is gorgeous! Very clean, thoroughly de-haired, so soft and glossy, and extremely content! She's 9 years old and has very sensitive skin, fur, etc., and your staff used wonderful hypo-all. products on her... Totally affordable and well worth it for both of us.
- Janice Trudeau

"I brought in my two male Miniature American Eskimos ‘Smart & Alec’ last week on Remembrance Day and my husband I couldn’t be more pleased -- it was worth the drive even though our dogs usually get car sick. Ashlee Taylor groomed our dogs and my husband was very, very pleased and he is usually very hard to please. In the past, when we have taken them to ‘other professional groomers’ and when we get them home they are traumatized for a couple days and shed a great deal whenever you pet them and wherever they lay. I have to say that Ashlee did the best job ever….their toe nails were not sharp at all (usually I have to emery board them when they get back from grooming) and even when we pet them, our hands did not have any fur on them – not a single hair- FANTASTIC JOB! (usually when we would pet them after being groomed, lots of hair flew everywhere and our hands would be covered in fur and get in our faces for at least a week after) we noticed that right away and that is AWESOME. VERY GOOD JOB!!!!"
-Janice Trudeau

"Your place is a really tight ship and very professional, which is really nice to see."
-Shirley Hewitt

"Thank you for the FABULOUS Sunday seminar. You all are very incredible people and very talented."
-Corinne Bowcott, Groomer Has It Seminar Attendee

"We brought our 3-pound Yorkie cross in for a summer cut a couple of weeks ago, and we want to let you know that this is the first time she came back from a groomer happy and not stressed (she is 2 years old). She was groomed by a groomer-in-training and the cut is beautiful! The detail on and around her ears and face is very good, in proportion with the shorter ‘puppy cut’ on the rest of her body. And the overall cut was not too short; we love that too. Thanks for the great service!!"
- Brenda & Kirra Lavery

"Chelsea has been a tremendous asset to our business, with a work ethic that is rare and beautiful attention to detail.  Within six months of graduation, she is already able to groom ten animals per day and is building a loyal clientele.  She is the first graduate of The Fur Institute I have hired and I would recommend their graduates to any quality focused grooming salon." 
-Shannon Graebill, Owner of Animal Crackers, Edmonton, Alberta

"I think the best part about attending The Fur Institute program was meeting people like Melissa Verplank, JoAnn Noffsinger, Teri Taplin, and Tiffaney Taverner."
- Jen Quick, Certified Professional Pet Stylist Graduate October 2008 & Grooming Apprentice for 5 Years Before Attending Course

"This course has changed my life! I went from dealing with an illness that left me unable to work.....I found this course....leery of myself and what I could handle but with the help and undying support of my instructors I persevered to find and have a job that I love and don't know what I'd do without! This course is so fun, exciting and not to mention rewarding! The instructors are so knowledgeable and so easy to work with, you can't help but come out of this course with great friends and mentors for life!"
- Kelsey Reimond

"I thought all of your students were hard working, polite, and professional. They were all so friendly and helpful!"
- Marianne Moor, Groomer for the Edmonton Humane Society

"While being in the Mortgage Industry for 24 years, I always did take pride in surrounding myself with people who strived for excellence and I would have to say Krista Castellarin ranked at the top of the charts!"
- Gwyn Chyz, Senior VP of Mortgage Lending, Guaranteed Rate