Amanda Lopez
Dacula,GA
Summary
Diligent kennel assistant with comprehensive background in animal care. Adept at managing daily kennel operations and ensuring health and comfort of all animals. Demonstrated skills in animal handling and maintaining clean, safe environments.
Conscientious about providing top-notch care to protect and serve every animal in any settings. Background includes providing full array of animal husbandry services while providing necessary exercise and nurturing environments. Devoted to promoting animal welfare.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Kennel Assistant
Dogwood Animal Hospital
04.2024 - Current
- Stocked kennel and cleaning supplies to maintain proper inventory for daily performance.
- Assisted with grooming services such as bathing, brushing, nail trimming, and ear cleaning for improved pet hygiene and health.
- Managed challenging situations with distressed or aggressive animals using patience and appropriate restraint methods.
- Maintained detailed records of each animal''s care, including feeding schedules, exercise routines, and any special requirements.
- Mixed and administered special food formulas to individual animals based on unique dietary needs.
- Maintained kennel cleanliness and hygiene, reducing the spread of disease and providing a comfortable environment for animals.
- Ensured safety of all animals through proper handling techniques and adherence to established protocols.
- Kept cages, kennels, play yards, and grooming areas neat and clean.
- Monitored animal behavior for signs of illness or distress, promptly reporting any concerns to management or veterinary staff.
- Completed animal intakes to board animals, labeling all home items and toys properly.
- Recorded information such as feeding schedules, appearance, behavior of boarded or hospitalized patients to monitor stay.
- Completed daily cleaning of kennels, cages and public areas using disease control protocol to provide sterile environment.
- Provided excellent customer service to pet owners, addressing questions and concerns regarding their pets'' stay at the kennel.
- Monitored kennels for toy safety and removed choking hazards.
- Monitored and maintained food and water of boarded animals according to animal dietary health guidelines.
- Increased efficiency in daily operations by keeping accurate inventory records of food, supplies, and medications.
- Enhanced animal care by administering medication, vaccinations, and maintaining medical records.
- Recorded dogs' intake and output, physical condition and behavior for updated kennel logs.
Education
High School Diploma -
Grayson High School
Grayson, GA05-2025
Skills
- Animal care
- Patience with animals
- Empathy for animals
- Animal behavior
- Feeding animals
- Exercising and playing
- Nutritious feeding
- Medical records management
- Animal handling
- Surgical procedure preparation
- Behavior observation
- Care monitoring
- Safety monitoring
- Sanitation protocols
- Walk coordination
- Kennel maintenance
- Feeding management
- Animal bathing
- Behavioral control
- Exercise management
- Safety control
- Animal monitoring
- Group management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Honest and dependable
- Customer service
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Housekeeping duties
- Animal observations
- Attention to detail
- Decision-making
- Customer communication
- Feeding and watering
- Human and animal safety
- Animal behavior education
- Food intake monitoring
- Meal preparation
- Animal training
- Teamwork
- Animal grooming
- Multitasking Abilities
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Organizational skills
- Team collaboration
- Active listening
- Effective communication
- Team building
- Self motivation
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Kennel Assistant
Dogwood Animal Hospital
04.2024 - Current
High School Diploma -
Grayson High School
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