The Role
Provide daily care for boarded dogs and cats, including feeding, watering, monitoring health and behavior, cleaning and sanitizing kennels, maintaining records, assisting with check-in/out, and communicating with owners and clinical staff to ensure safe, comfortable stays.
Summary Generated by Built In
Love working with animals? Join a team that's passionate about providing exceptional care for pets every day.
Cobb Animal Clinic is seeking a full-time Kennel Assistant to support our veterinary hospital, boarding, and pet care services. If you're dependable, compassionate, enjoy staying active, and take pride in maintaining a clean, safe environment for pets, we'd love to meet you.
As a Kennel Assistant, you'll play an essential role in ensuring every dog and cat in our care is safe, comfortable, and well cared for throughout their stay. This is a hands-on position that combines animal care, facility cleanliness, and outstanding client service.
Schedule
- Full-time
- Shifts between 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM
- Every other weekend required
- Holiday availability required
What You'll Do
Provide Outstanding Animal Care
- Safely supervise dogs and cats during boarding and playtime.
- Ensure pets are comfortable, healthy, and receiving individualized care.
- Feed, water, and provide daily care according to veterinary instructions and special dietary needs.
- Monitor pets for signs of illness, injury, or behavioral changes and promptly communicate concerns to the veterinary team.
- Clean and sanitize kennels, runs, cages, play yards, and common areas throughout the day.
- Follow hospital cleaning and infection-control protocols.
- Help create a safe, organized, and welcoming environment for pets, clients, and team members.
- Maintain accurate boarding and care records.
- Assist with pet check-in and check-out.
- Communicate professionally with pet owners regarding their pets' stay and well-being.
- Work collaboratively with veterinarians, technicians, and support staff to provide exceptional patient care.
What We're Looking For
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in a veterinary hospital, animal shelter, dog daycare, boarding facility, or kennel is preferred.
- Experience handling both dogs and cats is a plus.
- Passion for animal health and welfare.
- Strong work ethic and reliability.
- Excellent attention to detail, especially regarding cleanliness and sanitation.
- Positive attitude with strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple responsibilities.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced veterinary environment.
- Frequently stand and walk for extended periods.
- Lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
- Perform repetitive bending, kneeling, and cleaning tasks.
- Safely handle animals of various sizes and temperaments.
Availability Requirements
Candidates must have:
- Flexible scheduling availability
- Ability to work every other weekend
- Availability to work holidays, including New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day
- Reliable transportation
Benefits
We value our team members and offer a competitive benefits package, including:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Holiday pay for eligible shifts
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Employee discounts on veterinary services and pet care products
- Supportive team environment focused on collaboration, learning, and professional growth
At Cobb Animal Clinic, we're committed to delivering exceptional veterinary medicine while creating a welcoming, compassionate experience for every pet and every client. Our team works together to provide outstanding care through veterinary services, boarding, and grooming, and we're looking for someone who shares our dedication to animal health and client service.
If you're ready to build a rewarding career caring for pets in a supportive veterinary environment, apply today. We'd love to welcome you to the Cobb Animal Clinic team!
About
Innovetive Petcare owns and operates veterinary practices across the country. Our clinics benefit from our tools, resources, and a dedicated support team to help veterinary practices prosper and grow. We run a successful business so our veterinarians can focus on providing exceptional patient care. We want our veterinarians and staff to enjoy a better work-life balance, a strong, supportive community, and ongoing training and career development.At Innovetive Petcare, it all begins with an unparalleled team. From the veterinarians, veterinary technicians, practice managers, and administrative staff at our clinics to the driven support team in our home office, our team is passionate about pet health. We are a culture-first company, working to redefine the veterinary lifestyle to allow professionals to advance through their veterinary medicine careers without burning out. We don’t just talk about it; we live it!Equal Opportunity Employer Policy Innovetive Petcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other non-merit factor. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Skills Required
- Previous experience in a veterinary hospital, animal shelter, dog daycare, boarding facility, or kennel
- Experience handling both dogs and cats
- Flexible scheduling availability
- Ability to work every other weekend
- Availability to work major holidays (New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)
- Reliable transportation
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
- Frequently stand and walk for extended periods and perform repetitive bending, kneeling, and cleaning tasks
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced veterinary environment and safely handling animals of various sizes and temperaments
- Excellent attention to detail, especially regarding cleanliness and sanitation; strong communication and teamwork skills
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The Company
What We Do
We make life easy for veterinary practices. By assisting with the business side of your practice, veterinarians and teams are empowered to provide exceptional patient care. A fulfilling workplace culture is a critical foundation for hospital growth: happier employees do better work, which leads to better patient care. Exceeding client expectations transform into business results. By providing great benefits and career development opportunities, we can help your staff explore their passions and enjoy a healthy work-life balance. Because of this, your practice will be positioned to provide better medicine to even more patients.
