Lead Animal Care Attendant (Career Opportunity)

We're sniffing out our next Lead Animal Care Attendant at Country Kennel

—a confident, compassionate, chaos-capable packmate to help guide the daily wag. 

Can you manage a mop, a medication chart, and a mob of mutts—sometimes all at once? If you're the go-to friend for pet advice and pep talks, it's time to step into a role that lets you lead with both your heart and your hustle. 

At Destination Pet, we’re not just another Pet/Vet care center—we’re a community that lives to elevate the love and lives of pet families. Since 2016, we’ve been serving up best-in-show care from coast to coast with day care, boarding, grooming, training, veterinary services, and more. Whether its belly rubs or brushing, our goal is simple: make pets feel at home and their humans feel at ease. 

🎁 Perks & Pay: 

Full Time Health Benefits, 401K and Discounted Pet Insurance.

Pay starts at $14.00–$15.00/hour DOE + tips 

*(that’s 'depending on experience' and no, 'being best friends with your dog' doesn’t count as experience… unless your dog writes a letter of reference). 

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📋 Reporting To: 

General Manager 

💪 What You Should Know: 

• You’ll be on your feet most of the shift—standing, walking, climbing stairs, and handling leashed dogs. 

• Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs (sometimes it’s a crate, sometimes it’s a sleepy bulldog). 

• Availability on evenings, weekends, and holidays required (pets don’t take days off). 

• Exposure to cleaning supplies, pet hair, and, ahem, “accidents” is part of the gig. 

🐕 What You’ll Be Doing (Besides Keeping the Shift Running and the Tails Waggin’): 

• Leading the pack during your assigned shifts—coaching, guiding, and setting the tone for pet care excellence. 

• Working alongside Animal Care Attendants to ensure safety, cleanliness, and a whole lot of tail wags. 

• Training new hires on proper pet handling, procedures, and how not to get jumped by five doodles at once. 

• Monitoring pet guests for health, safety, and general cuteness; reporting anything off to the General or Assistant Manager.��

• Serving up food, fresh water, and daily TLC to every furry guest. 

• Overseeing meds and special needs guests (bonus points if you’re med-savvy or CPR trained). 

• Bathing and brushing our four-legged VIPs (Very Important Pups). 

• Making sure the place is clean, cozy, and smells less like a wet dog and more like 'spa day at the kennel.

• Other duties as assigned

🐾 What You Bring to the Table: 

• You’re obsessed with animals and it shows. (We see you, covered in pet hair and proud.) 

• Previous work experience in animal care? Yes please. 

• Med administration experience? Even better. 

• You lead by example—whether it’s scooping, scrubbing, or stepping in when things get off track. 

• Calm under pressure (even when someone mistakes your shoelace for a chew toy). 

• Confident in guiding and supporting teammates to do their best. 

• CPR training is a big plus (but we can help with that too). 

• High school diploma required. 

Ready to level up your pet care career? If you’ve got the heart of a caretaker and the soul of a team leader, grab the leash and let’s go!