About this role
Are you passionate about animal care and looking for a rewarding career working with dogs and cats? Canine Country Club & Wellness Center in Dallas, TX, is hiring a full-time Kennel Technician to join our veterinary and boarding team. In this hands-on animal care role, you’ll help ensure the health, comfort, and well-being of boarding guests and hospitalized patients while supporting our veterinarians and veterinary technicians. If you’re dependable, compassionate, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and take pride in providing excellent care, we’d love to meet you.
Whether you have experience in a veterinary hospital, animal boarding facility, kennel, shelter, or pet daycare, this is an opportunity to grow your animal care skills while making a meaningful difference for pets and their families. As a Kennel Technician , you will provide daily care for dogs and cats staying at our boarding facility or receiving veterinary treatment. You’ll play an important role in maintaining a clean, safe, organized environment while helping the veterinary team deliver high-quality patient care.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide compassionate daily care for boarding pets and hospitalized dogs and cats.
- Feed, water, exercise, and monitor animals according to established care plans.
- Observe pets for changes in behavior, appetite, mobility, or overall health and promptly report concerns to the veterinary team.
- Administer medications and treatments as directed by veterinarians or authorized veterinary staff.
- Assist veterinarians and veterinary technicians with patient handling and care as needed.
- Clean and sanitize kennels, cages, treatment areas, and common spaces according to hospital protocols.
- Safely handle and restrain animals when appropriate and as trained.
- Launder bedding, replenish supplies, and maintain organized work areas.
- Follow infection control, safety, and biosecurity procedures.
- Help provide a comfortable, low-stress experience for every pet.
- Work collaboratively with the veterinary and boarding teams to support smooth daily operations.