Term & Conditions
Who and What is the Dog Business School?
Back in the day, we had to learn the hard way how to start and grow our own dog business. We were frustrated trying to make sense of the requirements, the educational landscape and the limited business focussed training courses available to us. Fast forward a few years and the opportunity arose for us to design and provide timely training courses designed for today’s more sophisticated professionals, with rich, relevant content delivered through a mixed and engaging blend of learning media.
The Dog Business School was established to help dog lovers and aspiring and active pet care professionals whether pet sitters, dog walkers, dog groomers, home boarders, day care providers, trainers, behaviourists or commercial care providers research, plan, to start, launch, grow and scale your businesses in a professional and ethical manner.
With increasing demand, competitive forces and a burgeoning regulatory framework, it is important for pet-care professionals to be best equipped to meet these combined demands and expectations whilst fulfilling the vital role you play in helping pets and their owners receive the best possible care, welfare and enrichment.
The Dog Business School provides a range of courses and resources that will help the aspiring professional go from starting a dog business with the focus on the business knowledge, skills, services and resources, through to various Ofqual regulated qualifications from leading national awarding organisations, together with tailor made and accredited courses.
Our courses aim to set an appropriate standard for canine oriented business skills as well as ensuring a suitable standard and approach towards the best possible care and welfare of animals.
The Dog Business School offers a wide variety of accredited and recognised practical and online courses.
The Ofqual regulated qualifications from national awarding organisation like AIM Qualifications and iPet Network meet the qualification standards set by Defra’s Licensing of ‘Activities Involving Animals’ under the Animal Welfare Regulations 2018.

Quality Focused
Our Commitment to you
We are committed to providing our students with the highest quality learning experience.
We achieve this by:
- Partnering with trade bodies and online community forums to stay connected with the latest trends in the industry.
- Adopting best practices and implementing a management system that complies with the international standard of good practice BS EN ISO 9001.
- Providing transparent statements to assist potential learners in identifying and selecting regulated, accredited, or non-accredited courses.
- Providing a blended learning experience that combines online and in-person learning.
- Welcoming questions from potential students about the course content and assessment criteria.
- Investigating and resolving complaints promptly and fairly.
- We believe that by providing an outstanding service and product quality, we can achieve our aims of learner satisfaction, long-term success, and sustained improvements.
Our commitment to you is to help you be a more knowledgeable, better informed, and confident professional.
If we fall short, please tell us. If we succeed, please tell your friends.
Thank you for choosing the Dog Business School.

