Alison Rogers Grooming Academy

Alison Rogers Grooming

7-9 Beast Market

Huddersfield

HD1 1QF

01484 532125

Who is Alison Rogers? 

Alison Rogers has been grooming since 1991 and has owned her own salon in Huddersfield since 1995. Her grooming qualifications are city and guilds Grooming 7750 Diploma, LCGI Dog Grooming and she is a member of the guild of master groomers. Alison’s depth of experience includes teaching pet grooming and animal care at various colleges teaching NVQ, BTEC, C &G and national diploma. Her qualifications in teaching are city & guilds 730 level & OCR level 4.

Having trained many students over the years Alison has had the pleasure of watching them go on to operate very successful grooming business with some following her footsteps into the competition ring. They have won places at prestigious grooming events such as premier groom, eurogroom and mastergroom. In 2007 one of Alison’s students won newcomer of the year at the British dog grooming championship. That same student then went on to competitions that year. Also in 2007 another of Alison’s students won runner up groomer of the year at the British dog grooming championships. More recently Emma Taylor was crowned groomer of the year at the British dog grooming championship 2015.

Alison is always honing her own skills as a groomer by competing and judging grooming competitions in the UK and around the world, not to mention judging the world dog grooming championships 2017. She has also been a judge at crufts. Some of her professional achievements so far are:

2000- Runner up British dog grooming

2003- Professional groomer championship with a bichon.

2004- Professional groomer championship with a Lhasa Apso (the only groomer to win back to back years)

2007- Groomer of the year- British dog grooming championship 

2012- Groomer of the year- British dog grooming championship

2014- European grand champion- Oster invitational tournament of champions

She is one of the founding members of groom team England where they came 3^rd in the world championships 2007 and 2009. Since then Alison has represented groom team England on numerous occasions and more resently as a reserve 2015.

As well as grooming Alison has successfully bred and shown west highland white terriers and standard poodles. She currently breeds bichon frise under the kennel name of ALIZO. They are producing exceptional results in the ring including reserve challenge certificates and challenge certificates with multi champion ALIZO Caesars palace winning best of breed and best in show in Italy.