Dog Handler and Technician

About the role

Operating hours are 6:30AM (or earlier when we are full) to close at around 7:30PM, with shift flexibility either morning, afternoon, both, or all day. Schedule: We care for dogs 24/7/365. Looking for Team Player for variety of shifts.

Responsibilities

• Feeding, maintaining cleanest environment daily and throughout each day
• Supervising dogs social play to ensure they are safe
• Proactively preventing dog altercations
• Expanding personal dog knowledge to anticipate altercations
• Positively interacting with dogs
• Must have ability to stand and walk throughout day
• Grooming dogs
• and much more

Requirements

• Experience with dogs is a required
• Personal reliable transportation and not dependent on another person drive you to work
• Dogs require daily care and we are an essential service open 365 days - great honorable responsibility
• Must be dependable, reliable Team player, attentive to detail, and caring of dogs and for people
• Must be respectful intelligent human being confident in one's own skill and humble to accept coaching for positive improvement
• Confidently manage up to 25 dogs at one time - not for the faint of heart
• Physically controlling dogs of all sizes/breeds in a pack setting
• Must be able to lift 75+ pounds (many of our dogs weigh over 150 lbs)
• Cleaning, and more cleaning
• Food prep, grooming, safe dog handling, and dog supervision

Qualifications

• Strong disposition around all dogs

Skills

• Confidently managing up to 25 dogs at one time

Benefits

• Team Member discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Bring your dog to work for free
• Tuition reimbursement for those furthering their training in dog care and dog hotel fields

Pay

Pay: Commensurate with past experience: $9.75/hour to $19.50/hour, + potential merit-based bonuses for Team Members, adding large hourly increases which may range from additional ~$1.75/hour to possibly over $9 additional hourly, depending on seasonality, individual job performance, Team Member standing, and company performance for the period. High seasons are now through Summer, and all Holidays.

Benefits

• Team Member discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Bring your dog to work for free
• Tuition reimbursement for those furthering their training in dog care and dog hotel fields