Dog Boarding Attendant

North of Woof (Woof's Country Boarding Facility in Schomberg) is currently seeking both **full and part time **boarding attendants for both day and overnight shifts (on overnight shifts you are encouraged to sleep).

**About**: We are a small home style boarding facility that offers daily outdoor and indoor play space and daily hikes on our 50 acres. We host our boarding in our coach house. This job is all about making our dogs tired, happy and comfortable. We are home style boarding (no kennels) so the space is set up to feel comfortable and as close to an open concept house as we could manage.

**Part Time**: 1-2 Shifts per week || **Full Time**: 3 Shifts Per Week
(Staff may do a combination of both day and overnight shifts depending on preference/availability)

**Day Shifts: 7am to 7pm**
- **Morning Arrival**:Get notes from overnight staff before departure. Check incoming and outgoing list, and prepare for day.
- **Morning Feedings**:Administer Morning Feedings
- **Outside Play Time**:Oversee morning yard playtime with dogs, assist with any owner drop offs/pick ups etc
- **Morning Break & Downtime (both dogs & staff)**:

- **Farm Daycare & Additional Arrival (Weekdays)**:City & Shuttle Dogs arrival with staff.
- **Hikes**:Rotation of hikes with dogs on the property & oversee yard playtime
- **Afternoon Break & Downtime**:

- **Dinner Time Feedings**: Administer Feedings, oversee bathroom breaks
- **End of Day Tidy & Downtime**: Ensure all daily cleaning tasks are completed, help dogs settle for the evening.

**Evening/Night Shift: 7pm to 7am**
- **Dog Note Updates & Next Day Coming and Going**:Inputting dog notes to ensure that any information needed for next day or clients is put in dogs boarding history. Updating any dog arrivals or pick ups for next day
- **Last Bathroom Break of the Night**:Ensure all dogs have taken their last washroom break for the evening.
- **Pull out and set up extra dog beds for sleep**:Set up any requested crates or bedding for dogs.
- **Set Up Staff Bed**:All staff provided personal storage for overnight items (we provided everyone with bedding), set up the bed and sleep once dogs have settled. Often times, you're just lazing about watching TV and keeping dogs comfortable.
- **Relaxing with tired dogs**:Taking some downtime with the dogs to help them settle...and go to sleep
- **Morning Wake Up**: Upon rising, give dogs a bathroom break time, take down bedding and pull up bedding etc. Morning Staff arrives.

**Hours & Shifts**: Day Shift: 7am to 7pm|| Evening/Overnight Shift: 7pm to 7am** (Staff are provided with bedding and personal set up to sleep and are encouraged to sleep)
- Must be available on Weekends and Holidays (we try and make it fair and rotate staff)_

**Have a dog**?: If you have a dog who is dog friendly and spay/neutered (over 6 months) and up to date on vaccines you are welcome to bring them with you to work as long as they do not interfere with your ability to work your shift.

**Scheduling is flexible.**

**Training**: Training and oversight are provided. Training shifts are shorter shifts while staff learn the ropes, do dog behaviour training and systems training.

Only those offered an interview will be contacted.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $17.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Paid time off

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

COVID-19 considerations:
Shift availability:

- Day Shift (preferred)
- Overnight Shift (preferred)

Work Location: In person