Kennel Attendant - Fort Collins, CO
About The Position
Aspen Grove Veterinary Care is looking for an enthusiastic, dependable, and compassionate Pet Care Attendant to join our boarding and daycare team! If you love dogs, cats, and spending your day caring for animals while working alongside a supportive veterinary team, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Our Pet Care Attendants play an essential role in ensuring every boarding and daycare guest receives exceptional care, attention, and plenty of love. This is also an excellent opportunity for someone interested in growing within veterinary medicine while learning alongside experienced veterinary professionals.
Requirements
- Genuine love for dogs, cats, and animal care
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment
- Dependability and strong attention to detail
- Willingness to learn and grow within veterinary medicine
- Weekend and holiday availability
Responsibilities
- Provide exceptional daily care for boarding and daycare pets
- Supervise playgroups while ensuring the safety of all pets
- Evaluate new boarding pets and assign appropriate playgroups based on temperament, age, and size
- Feed, medicate, and monitor boarding pets according to care instructions
- Clean kennels, runs, cages, and boarding areas while maintaining hospital sanitation standards
- Observe pets for signs of illness or behavioral changes and communicate concerns to the veterinary team
- Support the veterinary staff with patient care and daily hospital operations as needed
- Help create a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for every pet in our care
Benefits
- Flexible approach to compensation that will reflect your skillset and future performance
- 401(k) matching & Roth Retirement Savings Plan
- Flexible Spending Account (full-time only)
- 529 Savings Plan
- Tuition Support Program (full-time only)
- Referral bonus program
- Health Insurance, including medical, dental, and vision (full-time only)
- Supplemental insurance, including accident, critical illness, hospital, short and long-term disability, legal plan, and employee, spouse, and child-dependent life insurance (full-time only)
- Up to three weeks of full pay for the birth or adoption of a child (full-time employees only; available after one year of service). In states with paid family leave programs, this benefit does not apply.
- Sick Time / Paid Time Off
- Free/discounted lab work for all employee pets
- Pet discounts on services and products
- Pet food discount program
- Quarterly Team Rewards Bonus Program
- Professional development opportunities
- Continuing education allowance
- Uniform allowance
- Six paid holidays (full-time only)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee discount program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
