West Coast Groom Alliance

09/03/2024

IPG is holding a Salon Safety Seminar, an Advanced First Aid / CPR Cirtification, and IPG certification at the Northern California Grooming Academy. Scan the QR code below for more information and to sign up. Hope to see everyone there.

28/10/2023

We are super excited for this grooming competition. Great opportunity for anyone wanting to get into competing. There are still a few spots open so be sure to sign up soon!

Here is the event schedule for the upcoming CaliGroom on November 12. Come join us for a fun day!
www.cppga.org

23/06/2023

All HYDRA 10% OFF starts at midnight tonight through end of day July 4th! Take advantage in store or online at www.sdgapro.shop .

29/10/2022

We had such a good time last night at the safety workshop held at American Grooming Academy. We met so many really nice groomers and bathers there with the goal of being safe and continuing their education. Thank you so much Angela for all you do!

16/10/2022

FREE CONTEST!
Go to the SDGA Pro Shop page on Facebook and look for this post. Enter in the comment section of that post. You have the chance to win $100 gift card for www.sdgapro.shop.

FREE Halloween Contest! Enter for your chance to win one of two $100 gift cards for SDGA Pro Shop. Enter your photo into the comments section of this post. You can enter up to two photos for each category. Best of luck!!!!!

01/10/2022

The West Coast Groom Alliance is proud to sponsor these FREE Groomer Safety Workshops. The WCGA will provide a safety certificate for attendees who pass a short written test at end of workshop. Continued Education is so important to our industry and this two hour workshop presented by Linda Easton, ICMG and Myke Ross, ICMG promises to be packed full of Safety information that everyone can implement into their daily routine.

To register for this workshop call the number listed below.
(Optional IPG Certification Testing offered the next day at each location. For more information on IPG Certifications please contact Myke at [email protected] or Linda at [email protected])

October 28, 2022 at American Grooming Academy, Temecula, CA.
888-550-9274

October 29,2022 at San Diego Grooming Academy, San Diego, CA
619-452-2366 x4

November 5, 2022 at West Salem Dog Grooming, NW Salem, OR
503-581-1529

03/01/2022

Winners Announced!
Congratulations to all the winners who placed in our 2021 Holiday Themed Photo Contest. There were so many awesome entries . Private message us your mailing information if you placed so we can send you your certificate and ribbon.

Happy New Years!

04/12/2021

CONTEST CLOSED.
FREE Contest! Lets have a little fun and submit up to two entries in the comments section of this post. Entries must be submitted before 5pm December 24, 2021. Winners ill be announced on Facebook January 5th by 5pm PST. best of luck!
PLEASE SHARE!

20/04/2021

All Other Pure Breed Photo Contest
WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to all the groomers that placed. We will be sending out certificates and ribbons this week so please private message us your address if you placed. Thank you to Linda Easton, ICMG and Myke Ross, ICMG for judging our contest.

The next contest will be announced next week.

27/03/2021

FREE PHOTO CONTEST
Category : ALL OTHER PURE BREEDS
Contest Closes April 12, 2021
Winners announced April 19, 2021
Awards 1st-3rd in each division
RULES
ALL OTHER PURE BRED- Any other pure breed (other than poodles, sporting dogs, or hand stripped terriers). Must be hand scissored. Some clipper work is acceptable. Include a picture of the head from the front and a side view of the entire groom. Please include the class you will be competing in (Student, Beginner, Entry, Intermediate, or Open). Up to two entries per person.

Best of luck to everyone!

26/02/2021

Terrier Photo Contest
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Please SHARE and encourage other groomers to LIKE our page.
Thank You to all the participants that entered our contest. There were some really great grooms. We apologize for announcing the winners late. Thank you to our Judges Jose Marquez, ICMG and Myke Ross, ICMG for judging our competition.
If you placed in this competition, please PRIVATE MESSAGE us your name and address so we can mail you your prize.
We will be announcing our next Live Contest and our next Photo Contest this coming week so stay tuned.

26/02/2021

Placements will be announced today for Terrier Photo Contest. Sorry for the delay.

06/02/2021

FREE PHOTO CONTEST!

Category : TERRIERS
Contest Closes February 19, 2021 at 5pm PST
Winners announced February 24, 2021
Awards 1st-3rd in each division

RULES
TERRIERS. All Terrier breeds are acceptable if you can make a distinct difference in their appearance with your groom. Degree of difficulty will be considered, so choose a dog with enough coat. Your groom should show angulation, shape, style and balance. Dogs are to be groomed according to their breed standards. Groom using stripping, sc******ng, and/or clipping.

Submit one or two pictures of each dog in the comments to enter. Be sure to submit pictures that best show off your work. Submit a side view and a face picture. Up to two entries per person.

For additional rules and class qualification / clarification see rules in previous post.

Judges:
Denise McDonald, ICMG (WA)
Myke Ross,ICMG (CA)

24/01/2021

The West Coast Groom Alliance is proud to announce our 2020 Highpoints. Congratulations to all who placed.

03/01/2021

Holiday Theme Photo Contest Winners Announced. Thank you so much to all the groomers that entered. There were so many amazing photos. Thank you also to Kaoru Nakajima for judging this contest. Certificates and prizes go out this week so please private message is your address if you won. Happy New Year!

12/12/2020

Winners announced from our Doodle Contest this past Monday. We had such an awesome time. We want to congratulate all the winners as well as thank Silicon Valley Pet Event for hosting. We would also like to thank all the amazing judges; Randae Bither Icmg, Sandra Montoya, Myke Ross Icmg, and Linda Easton Icmg as well as Earthbath for sponsoring the contest.

07/12/2020

Silicon Valley Pet Event presents Doodles live on Zoom.... sneak peak into the event.

07/12/2020

Doodle Contest Today!
Check in at 10:30am PST
Good Luck to all the participants.