Full-Time Pet Care Boarding Attendant - 1st Shift (6:00AM-2:00PM)

KENNELWOOD PET RESORTS • Concord, MO

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Kennelwood Pet Resorts is seeking dependable, compassionate team members to join their Pet Care team as Boarding Attendants. This is a hands-on role for individuals who enjoy working directly with animals, take pride in keeping their environment clean and comfortable, and understand that great pet care requires attention to detail, teamwork, and reliability. As a Boarding Attendant, you will help provide safe, attentive, and consistent care to the pets staying at the resort, giving their families confidence that they are in good hands.

Requirements

• Genuinely care about animals and their well-being
• Dependable, punctual, and comfortable working as part of a team
• Can follow detailed written and verbal instructions
• Pay attention to small changes in an animal's behavior or condition
• Comfortable working in a physically active, fast-paced environment
• Can safely work with dogs of varying sizes and temperaments
• Willing to clean, sanitize, and perform the less-glamorous—but essential—parts of professional pet care
• Communicate concerns and ask for help when needed
• Regularly stand and walk for extended periods
• Bend, kneel, crouch, and reach
• Regularly lift or carry approximately 40 pounds and occasionally up to approximately 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Direct interaction with live animals
• Exposure to barking, animal hair and dander, water, cleaning products, animal waste, and indoor and outdoor working conditions

Nice To Haves

• Previous professional animal-care experience is preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Providing meals, fresh water, exercise, enrichment, and individual attention
• Following each pet's specific care, feeding, medication, and handling instructions
• Monitoring pets for changes in behavior, appetite, health, or overall well-being
• Walking and safely handling dogs of different sizes, breeds, temperaments, and activity levels
• Cleaning and sanitizing boarding accommodations, pet-care areas, bowls, equipment, and other spaces
• Completing laundry and helping maintain clean bedding and supplies
• Accurately documenting care activities, medications, observations, and concerns
• Communicating with teammates and leadership to ensure consistent care throughout each pet's stay
• Supporting your team wherever needed to maintain a safe, clean, and organized resort

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed