Alison Rogers has been grooming since 1991 and has owned her own salon in
Huddersfield since 1995. Her grooming qualifications are City & Guilds Dog
Grooming 7750 Diploma, LCGI Dog Grooming & 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 qualification
s 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 businesses with
some following her footsteps into the competition ring. They have won
places at prestigious grooming events such as Premier Groom, Eurogroom &
Mastergroom. In 2007 when Alison won Groomer of the Year her students won
Newcomer of the year & Runner Up Newcomer of the year at the British Dog
Grooming Championship. A few years afterwards another student that Alison
trained and worked with went on to win all of the Newcomer and Beginner
categories in UK grooming competitions that year. More recently Emma
Taylor who perfected her competition skills with Alison won 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 & around the world. 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
3rd in the world championships 2007 & 2009. Since then Alison has
represented Groom Team England on numerious occasions and more resently
as a reserve 2015. As well as grooming Alison has successfully bred and shown West Highland
White Terriers & 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 & Challenge Certificates with Multi
Champion ALIZO Caesars Palace winning Best of Breed and Best In Show in
the ring around prominent dog shows around the UK & Europe.
