What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dog Exerciser/Dog Walker (Seasonal) position at Old Mill Boarding Kennel and Grooming?
Your Impact as a Daycare/Trainer
As a Daycare/Trainer, you will provide top-quality care for pets in our Daycare and Training programs, balancing daily physical exercise with mental enrichment. You will focus on the overall goals of the program as well as the individual needs of each pet, emphasizing their emotional well-being. This is an opportunity to make a positive impact on pets' lives through structured play, training, and compassionate care.
Your Impact Will Include:
- Providing Top-Quality Care: You will provide basic care such as feeding, medicating, and hygienic needs, ensuring pets are comfortable and their environment is clean and sanitized.
- Managing Off-Leash Play: You'll supervise off-leash group play, ensuring appropriate interactions, maintaining a high level of comfort for all pets, and assisting with temperament testing.
- Training and Enrichment: You will spend daily individual time with assigned pets, teaching new behaviors (sit, stay, come, etc.) and helping them develop positive habits like waiting at gates and loose-leash walking.
- Delivering Exceptional Client Service: You'll handle check-ins and check-outs, gathering instructions from clients and providing them with daily training progress reports, report cards, and homework.
- Maintaining a Clean Environment: You will disinfect nap/playrooms daily, perform deep cleaning weekly, launder bedding/toys, and maintain a "fecal-free" zone outdoors.
- Documenting Progress: You'll complete daily training progress reports and document pet status/well-being in our computer system (Cornerstone).
What You'll Bring to the Team
- Knowledge of proper dog training methods and techniques.
- A strong understanding of dog behavior and human body language.
- A calm, nurturing, and confident attitude.
- Excellent communication skills with both dogs and people.
- Patience when working with dogs and people who may learn at different paces.
- The ability to exchange accurate information with clients and team members.
- A commitment to our WAG values: Work Together, Amaze, and Grow.
How You're Supported
As part of the Mission Pet Health family, you get the stability of a local practice backed by the comprehensive benefits and resources of a larger network. The focus is on investing in you, so you can focus on what you love.
Note: Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you at every stage. Eligibility for specific benefits varies based on your role and hours worked.
Competitive Compensation
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About Mission Pet Health
Mission Pet Health was founded by veterinarians on the belief that local practices thrive with clinical autonomy, collaboration, and medical excellence. The organization provides world-class support to its 850 hospital teams on a hyper-local basis so they can focus on what matters most: the medicine, their patients, and their team culture. Learn more at missionpethealth.com.
Driving the award-winning culture are the WAG values – Work Together, Amaze, and Grow. Mission Pet Health is veterinarian-led, people-focused, and on a mission to be the best place to work in veterinary medicine. We are proud to be recognized as a 2025 "Most Loved Workplace," ranked #2 in America's Top 100 and #1 in veterinary care.
Reasonable Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation. Please contact benefits@mvetpartners.com with your request and contact information.
EEO Statement: Mission Pet Health is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.