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We believe safety and comfortable, kind handling is the most important part of a groom. The topics covered in most level 3 syllabuses are designed to teach you that. If you want to understand more or get support with your study, take a look at our online course with video lessons taught by Julie.

With advancing age, several changes occur in the skin and hair of dogs. Cellular degeneration (atrophy) increases in both the epidermis and dermis which are the top two layers of the skin. The skin loses collagen which is the elastic property of skin making it less pliable. The degeneration of the cells in the epidermis and the dermis breaks down the calcium present within, then, with no place to go the calcium ends up in the basal layer of the skin at the bottom, which is where new hair and skin is made.