If you want a career or job in the pet care industry, this is a great opportunity!
That’s So Fetch! is a locally owned, small business providing professional pet care services to the Metro Atlanta area. Our small boutique dog daycare and boarding facility is located in Southwest Atlanta (near Adair Park). We also offer dog walking, in-home pet care, and a pet taxi service (within a 5-10 mile radius from our building). We are looking to expand our team of professional pet caretakers!
We are flexible and everything is negotiable. We pride ourselves on taking care of our work family like we do our own! We are a small, tight-knit team, searching for the right candidate to join us and help us continue to grow our business!
Brief job summary: Must love dogs!
Primary responsibilities are dog walking, pet taxi transportation, and providing extraordinary care for our clients (pet and human!).
Requirements for job: Be a dog person!
- Driver’s License (Required)
- Willingness to travel:
- All travel is local and within a 5-10 miles radius to our location
- We provide the vehicle for our pet taxi service
- Mileage reimbursements when you use your personal car (for dog walks and house visits)
- Must regard safety and security as the absolute highest priority!
- Must have excellent communication skills
- Must demonstrate comfort and confidence in handling dogs, cats, and other pets
- Must have previous experience managing dogs in a group and/or cage-free environment
- Must be able to lift 20 pounds regularly and 40 pounds occasionally
- Must be able to stand/move for long periods of time
- Must be eligible for employment in the U.S.
- MUST LOVE DOGS! And other animals!
- Dependable attendance and reliable transportation are vital!
Preferred qualifications for job: Dog skills
- Previous driving experience
- Previous customer service experience
- Previous pet care experience
- Certification in canine/feline CPR and first aid
- Certification as a licensed veterinary technician
Benefits we offer:
- Sign-on bonus (paid at the end of one year’s work)
- Weekly paychecks
- Paid Time Off (either sick leave or planned time off)
- Monthly tip pool added to the last paycheck of the month
- Mileage reimbursement
- Retirement Option (Simple IRA)
- Wages during holidays are time and a half
- Annual bonus at the end of the year
- Access to our emergency savings fund for unexpected personal/financial hardship
- Free dog daycare while you work! (Only if your dog is friendly!)
- 50% Employee discount on pet care services – when you are not working or on vacation.
- You get to hang out with dogs and other pets!
- Stay in shape and burn calories while you work!
Job pay: Hourly or salary
Training: Starts at $15; After training, you will get a wage increase based on experience and # of hours you are willing to work!
Hourly Wage: $16 – $18 per hour – depending on experience and # of hours worked per week!
Salary for Full Time: $35k – $45k per year – depending on experience and # of hours worked per week!
Work schedule: Full-time or part-time
We have morning and evening shifts available, and we try to cater to everyone’s preferences as much as possible, though you may be asked to work the other shift occasionally. We also try to accommodate time off as requested as much as possible. We offer a variety of shift lengths to better suit your schedule:
- 6-hour shift
- 8-hour shift
- 10-hour shift
- 12-hour shift
We also do require:
- Weekend availability (we are a small team, and everyone shares the workload! No one works every weekend, but we do require at least 2 weekends per month)
- Holiday availability (again, no one works every holiday, but we do all share the responsibility! Also, holidays are paid time and a half!)
What we are looking for in a candidate:
- Team player
- Ability to self manage
- Hard worker
- Punctual
- Reliable
- Dependable
- Goes above and beyond to make clients (pet and human) feel special
- Needs to be fit enough to walk multiple dogs every day
Responsibilities:
- Drive the pet taxi (dodge grand caravan) which runs twice per day to transport dogs to/from boarding/daycare at our facility. We usually make two trips per day including weekends (7 AM to 10 AM and 5 PM to 8 PM).
- Must have a pretty clean driving record (or our insurance skyrockets) and be comfortable driving a van in city traffic and parking conditions!
- Visit client homes to walk dogs and attend to other pets (cats, turtles, birds, etc). Trustworthiness, attention to detail & ability to work independently (and not take advantage of that) is essential!!
- Assist with facility management/cleanliness and dog care in our boutique dog daycare/boarding facility. This job requires manual labor and a lot of cleaning!
- Assist in business operations, scheduling, social media, website management, and client communication. Our small team handles everything haha!
- Greet clients and their pets by name on arrival & departure at our facility. Ensure you have all the necessary care information and help them feel comfortable leaving their pet in our care.
- Be on call to fill in for other employees when needed and/or work the overnight shift. For overnights, the staff room has a bed and during this shift, you are legitimately paid to hang out/sleep (pay is slightly less during sleep hours unless you opt to stay awake to deep clean/organize).
A typical workday:
Depending on what shift you are working (morning or evening), you can expect a typical shift to go something along these lines:
- When you come in in the morning, you would go straight into taxi mode and drive through your route picking up our daycare and boarding pups who have requested transport and bring them all back to our facility.
- Once everyone is there and settled, you would then head out in your personal vehicle to start on your scheduled walks/house visits. There are some variations of this, as we do try to accommodate most requests made by our clients, but these would be your primary responsibilities.
- If you have some extra time towards the end of your shift, you would return to our facility and help out there.
- Afternoon/evening shifts are just the opposite! You would start out with walks and visits, and then go out for evening taxi and take all the pups home!
Job qualifications:
- EXTREMELY punctual, reliable, and trustworthy. We are a small staff so last-minute call-outs/being frequently late are not possible unless emergent. If you are used to calling out on average once per month, we are not the right company for you.
- Dependable transportation and a clean driving record (business vehicle has commercial insurance coverage which is dependent on employee driving records).
- Reliable personal transportation. This is required for walks/house visits and you will be compensated via mileage reimbursement. The business vehicles will be used for our pet taxis only. In the event of occasional car trouble, you will still be expected to show up to work from where you can utilize a business vehicle if needed.
- MUST have experience with in-city driving/parking and navigating traffic (we cannot stress this enough haha).
- Weekends and holiday availability is a NECESSITY. Not every weekend and holiday; but you will be expected to share the workload with the rest of the team.
- Previous pet care experience with a professional company (daycare/boarding facility, vet clinic, professional pet care company, etc…) is preferred but negotiable.
- Willingness to occasionally work past scheduled shift time (usually no more than an hour but due to the nature of the business, it is a common occurrence that last minute things pop up).
- Willingness to commit long-term (at least a year). You get a bonus at the end of a year of employment with us!
It is the policy of the company to afford equal opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, genetic information or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
That’s So Fetch is based in Atlanta, Georgia. We take pride in running an ethical and moral business. If you are interested in a career or job in the pet care industry and want to work for a socially responsible business, then please check out our career center for more job listings.