Part-Time Pet Care Day Camp Attendant - 1st shift (6:50AM-3:30PM)
About The Position
Kennelwood Pet Resorts is hiring a part-time Pet Care Day Camp Attendant to help provide dogs with a safe, engaging, and fun Day Camp experience. The role involves actively supervising group play, providing exercise and enrichment, learning to recognize canine body language, and maintaining safe and appropriate playgroups. Attendants spend their shifts on their feet and interact with dogs of varied sizes and personalities while providing attentive, compassionate care. The attendant also handles and moves dogs, provides water and breaks, follows care instructions, documents activities and concerns, and maintains clean and sanitary play areas. The role includes communication with pet parents when assigned, teamwork with colleagues and leadership, and support for other pet-care responsibilities as needed. Kennelwood provides training; previous professional animal-care experience is not required.
Requirements
- Genuinely enjoy hands-on work with dogs.
- Be comfortable around dogs with different breeds, sizes, strength levels, energy levels, and temperaments.
- Stay focused and aware while supervising multiple dogs at once.
- Be willing to learn canine body language and safe animal-handling techniques.
- React calmly and appropriately when situations change quickly.
- Follow verbal and written instructions carefully.
- Communicate concerns and ask questions when something is unclear.
- Work well as part of a team and respond positively to coaching and direction.
- Be dependable, responsible, and committed to animal safety and well-being.
- Meet physical demands including extended standing and walking; frequent bending, stooping, reaching, kneeling, and crouching; handling dogs; and regularly lifting and carrying approximately 40 pounds and occasionally up to approximately 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Work indoors and outdoors in varying temperatures and weather conditions and around barking, loud noises, animal hair and dander, water, cleaning products, animal waste, bodily fluids, and live animals.
- Perform cleaning and sanitation responsibilities throughout the shift.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Previous animal-care, kennel, daycare, veterinary, training, or dog-handling experience; preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Actively supervise dogs participating in Day Camp group play.
- Provide appropriate exercise, play, socialization, and enrichment.
- Learn to recognize canine body language and signs of stress, fear, overstimulation, inappropriate play, illness, or injury.
- Help maintain safe and appropriate playgroups by redirecting behavior and following animal-handling procedures.
- Safely move and handle dogs between Day Camp areas, kennels, and other resort areas.
- Provide fresh water, rest, potty breaks, and other care based on each pet’s needs.
- Follow documented pet-care instructions and promptly communicate changes or concerns.
- Keep Day Camp yards, indoor play areas, kennels, equipment, and surrounding spaces clean and sanitary.
- Clean and disinfect pet-contact areas and promptly remove animal waste.
- Complete required pet-care, activity, cleaning, safety, and operational documentation.
- Communicate professionally with pet parents during Day Camp drop-off and pick-up when assigned.
- Work with teammates and leadership to provide safe and consistent care.
- Support other Pet Care responsibilities and departments as needed based on training and business needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
