Part Time Dog Boarding Handler

Pay Rate: $12.00

Fun Fur Pets in La Crosse, WI is seeking two part-time Dog Boarding team members to help with our busy dog boarding facility during the early morning shift. If you love dogs and are looking for part-time hours, this is a GREAT job opportunity for you! Must be 18 to apply.

This position will be for our boarding dogs to be let out, fed breakfast, outdoor time, and to make sure they are being cared for during their boarding stay at our brand new facility located at 1404 Green Bay Street, La Crosse.

The hours for this position would be Monday-Friday 5:30 am to 9:00 am so approximately 15 hours of work each week. Pay is $12.00 an hour paid bi-weekly. A great way to get some extra cash and work with dogs!

We are open 365 days a year; never closed for holidays.

Job responsibilities:

• Must love dogs! (We also board other domesticated pets, including, but not limited to cats, pigs, ferrets, and bunnies).
• Clean up pee, poop, vomit and other miscellaneous things caused by animals.
• Interact with the human and pet clients at drop off and pick up.
• Feed, water and potty all the pups in our boarding area.
• Interact with all breeds of dogs.
• Be calm and understand the power of positive energy.
• Use common sense to solve problems as it relates to dogs in our care.
• Understand or learn about canine body language and how to make the dogs comfortable in meeting you and having you lead them into our facility.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, have great hand eye coordination, solid physical status.
• Dogs will jump on you, wrap the leash around your legs, etc. so you must not have any physical limitations or issues that could be aggravated by this type of work.
• If you are addicted to your phone or call in sick frequently, this is not the job for you!
• We pay for performance, so if you are a hard worker who takes direction well, are quick on your feet and have initiative to make your job great, then this may be the job for you.
• We love to have fun and take our job of caring for people’s pets seriously.
• Safety and security are a priority while enjoying all we do.
• We are a team and communication is key in keeping the operations going. Must be able to utilize a walkie talkie effectively.
• Have a smart phone with our Homebase app in order to be in communication with the team and be of assistance to co-workers.

Employees will receive online employee training in addition to hands-on learning and enjoy working with our team and dogs on a daily basis. If you love dogs and are looking for part-time hours, this is a GREAT job opportunity for you! Must be 18 to apply.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Shift:

• 4 hour shift
• Day shift

Work Days:

• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

• La Crosse, WI 54601: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Are you able to lift 75 pounds?
• Are you allergic to any animals- including cats, dogs?
• Is there any dog breeds that you are unsure of?
• Do you have any dogs or trained any animals?
• Why do you want a job at Fun Fur Pets?
• What is your email?
• What is your phone number? Do you like texts?
• Are you 18 years or older?
• Have you read the job description details and understand this is 5:30 am to 8:30 am Monday-Friday--- set days and times only?

Work Location: In person

Salary : $12