Kennel Attendant/Receptionist/Daycare Attendant at Candlewick Kennels (2025-09 – 2026-07)
Worked as a kennel attendant, receptionist, and daycare attendant managing kennel duties, customer service, and dog daycare supervision.
- Prep meals, clean all kennels in my section everyday, clean cattery and feed cats, wash dishes, fill waters, clean up poop/pee/vomit
- Make front desk aware of any abnormal stool, urine, vomit or other health concerns
- Work with food/dog/kennel aggressive or leash reactive dogs
- Bring boarding daycare dogs down to daycare yard, do playtimes and take photos for pet parents
- Lots of snuggles!!
- Occasional medication administration except for anything injectable as we did not allow it
- Monitor the play yard with small, medium and large doge, clean yards/mop buckets/play equipment, refill water bowls as needed
- Separate scuffles, feed lunches, monitor dog behavior and safety
- Answer phone calls, serve customers, run dogs, inventory belongings, count medication
- Check in/out boarding dogs (feeding, activities, etc.)
- Schedule grooming, create new client accounts
- Used Gingr software
Camp Counselor/Team Lead at Camp Bow Wow (2024-06 – 2025-08)
Served as Camp Counselor and Team Lead managing up to 25 dogs in play yards, performing grooming duties, medication administration, staff training, and customer service.
- Monitor up to 25 dogs in 1 play yard
- Make sure no dogs are humping, playing too rough, bleeding, throwing up, fighting, etc.
- Clean play yards
- Bathe dogs, trim nails, clean teeth and ears but try to go at the pup's pace
- Prepare food and feed dogs
- Administer medication
- Constantly work on commands with dogs in the yards
- Both open and close the entire camp
- Check dogs in along with any enrichments, grooming, etc.
- Answer any questions or concerns from pet parents
- Set up the cabins for overnight dogs
- Dishes and laundry
- Keep an eye on inventory and communicate with the manager when something is needed
- Gate management so dogs don't escape the play yards but understand to stay in when the gate is open for a singular dog to leave
- Clean cabins, aisles/walkways, office, groom room, break room, bathrooms, cots, toys, etc.
- Continuously learn how to read dogs' body language with both people and other dogs
- Train new employees
- Interview dogs
- Help interview new applicants
- Do snuggle time, snuffle mat or play pals enrichments
- Help out with our monthly activities and take pictures of the dogs participating for both social media and the parents
- Close the cash register at end of night and print out daily report
- Work with shy or anxious dogs and try to slowly get them to come out of their shell (the most rewarding part)
- Check out and charge pet parents
- Pet First Aid & CPR Certified
Cashier/Sales Associate at Gulf Oil (2023-12 – 2024-04)
Worked as a cashier and sales associate at a gas station providing customer service and store maintenance.
- Scan items
- Cash customers out
- Wipe down counters and machines
- Stock cooler
- Pump gas for customers
- Help customers with any issues/questions/concerns they have
- Sweep store
Dunkin Donuts Crew Member at Dunkin (2023-09 – 2023-12)
Worked as a crew member at Dunkin handling customer orders, food preparation, and store cleaning.
- Take customer's orders
- Cash customers out
- Refill machines
- Take apart and clean machines
- Clean entire store front to back at close
- Help customers if someone else got their order wrong
- Make drinks & food
- Work with other crew members
Stable Hand at Bob Drake Performance Horses (2023-02 – 2023-04)
Worked as a stable hand managing daily horse care and barn maintenance.
- Feed horses breakfast
- Turn out 6 horses
- Move other horses around and start picking stalls
- Swap out 6 more horses to be turned out
- Finish picking stalls
- Feed lunch
- Clean and fill water buckets
- Sweep barn
Dunkin Donuts Crew Member at Dunkin' (2022-06 – 2023-01)
- Take customers orders at front or drive thru
- Make food & drinks
- Do food prep for the day
- Sweep and mop floors
- Wipe counters
- Clean machines
- Stock cooler, straws, napkins, etc.
- Help customers with any issues they may have
- Work with other crew members
- Team Lead
