The Modern Grooming Professional™
A New Standard for Today’s Grooming Industry.
The MGP™ was built for today’s grooming environment, where behavior, skin and coat health, safety, and daily handling matter just as much as the haircut.
This path is for anyone in a salon or pet-care setting:
bathers, groomers, managers, owners, assistants, daycare and kennel teams.
This is the modern professional standard the grooming industry has never defined, until now.
The essential knowledge every pet care provider should have, no matter how many years they’ve been in the field.
A modern certification built for the way we work today and where the industry is going tomorrow.
Behavior & Humane Handling
Learn how to read pets early, respond safely, and make the right call in real grooming situations.
This track focuses on humane handling, stress awareness, and everyday decisions that keep pets and teams safe.
You’ll Learn:
✔ How to spot early stress and behavior signals
✔ When to continue, adjust, or stop a groom
✔ Safe, humane handling used in real salons
✔ How behavior affects safety and workflow
Skin & Coat Care Essentials
Learn how to assess skin and coat health before grooming.
This track focuses on observation, product choices, and knowing when to proceed or refer, helping protect pets and improve grooming outcomes.
It also includes a creative grooming module that demonstrates how knowledge of the skin and coat supports safe, responsible creative work.
You’ll Learn: ✔ Skin & coat assessment
✔ When to groom vs. refer
✔ Product selection & dilution
✔ Creative grooming considerations
✔ Salon-ready decision-making
Salon Safety & Professional Best Practices
The training every salon needs and most teams never receive.
This track focuses on daily systems that maintain salons as safe, efficient, and professional, regardless of team size, and helps every role in the salon work together with clarity and consistency.
You’ll Learn:
✔ Safety protocols and hazard awareness
✔ Professional communication
✔ Efficient workflows
✔ Consistent team standards
Inside the MGP™ Certification
Behavior • Skin & Coat • Salon Safety
Self-paced • Practical • Team-ready
Traditional grooming certifications were created for a very different time in the industry.
They often focus on travel, testing, and breed patterns — not the daily skills salon teams need today.
They weren’t designed to support ongoing education, team alignment, or full-salon growth.
The MGP was created to fill those gaps, giving today’s pet-care teams the structure, skills, and support their work actually requires.
Become an MGP™ Founding Member — $99 Pre-Sale
We’re opening the doors to our first 100 Founding Members.
After these seats fill, the price increases.
Join before January 1 and your membership includes:
🐾 Founding Member MGP™ Community Access
Connect with the first group shaping the future of grooming education.
🐾 Private Q&A in January with Bullet, Chrissy, and Dara
A rare chance to learn directly from the creators.
🐾 Limited-Edition Founding Member Certificate Seal
A recognition piece you can proudly display.
🐾 Early Beta Access to Track 1
Start your MGP™ journey before the full launch.
🐾 Invitation to a Live Program Walkthrough before the live launch
See the full pathway and ask your questions in real time.
Founding Member enrollment closes December 31
or when the first 100 seats are taken.
⭐ Salon Owners
If you want your team to lock in the Founders Price, now is the time to secure their seats.
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IAPEG Membership Requirement
An active IAPEG Professional or Climbing Tier membership ($80) is needed to activate your MGP™ certification.
If you’re not a member yet, we’ll send you a simple $80 invoice after checkout.
Your CEUs are included with your membership.
This purchase is non-refundable.
Just Want the Training? That’s Completely Fine.
Certification is not required to take part in the MGP™ Tracks.
You’re welcome to join the training without activating the credential.
Affordable • Scalable • Attainable
Each MGP™ Track is an 8-module, 24-hours of rich, real-world content designed for salon users to use right away.
💬 Real Training & Practical Testing
Short, focused videos and simple knowledge checks built around what everyone in the salon needs to know for real-life work.
🧰 Checklists, Quick-Guides & Salon Tools
Skills you can put to work the same day, designed for everyday grooming, handling, and client realities.
👥 Professional Community & Ongoing Education
Access to continued education through IAPEG and The Scholar Lounge, all tailored to what modern salons face day to day.
♾️ Lifetime Access
Take the time you need. You can progress through each Track at your own pace and return to the training whenever you need a refresher.
