we’re hiring!

dog trainer position available

Wonder Puppy is hiring a part time (with eventual full-time possibility) trainer to join our amazing team! We are looking for a career-minded professional who want to specialize in puppyhood, teaching group classes, private sessions, and management of groups of puppies. Training experience, interpersonal skills, work ethic, reliability, time management, and team-oriented personality are a must. Trainer must be fully committed to positive reinforcement training and willing to teach within the bounds of specific curriculum and Wonder Way Methods and techniques.

Job Description

  • Leading group classes

  • Providing private training sessions

  • Management of groups of puppies

  • Promoting and selling services and products

  • Opening and closing the training center

  • Setting up and breaking down for services

  • Client and team care emails, phone calls, and zoom sessions

  • Helping maintain a clean and organized training center

  • Meeting with staff on a regular basis

  • Commitment to regular self-assessment for professional growth

  • May have opportunities to develop curriculum and materials

Pay and Benefits

Wonder Puppy currently offers $22-25/hour depending on education, certification and experience.

Benefits include:

  • Paid Time Off: Vacation, Sick Days, Holidays, and Personal Leave

  • 100% Paid Insurance (Providence Health, Vision, Dental)

  • Continuing Education Allowance for CPDTs ($450 per 3 years)

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2 or more years experience as a positive-reinforcement dog trainer and commitment to using only these training methods

  • 1 year experience teaching classes

  • Current CPDT-KA (or comparable positive reinforcement training certification), or willingness to obtain and maintain upon hire

  • Willingness to be scheduled for up to 20 full-services per week

  • Experience in dog industry

  • Experience in sales or customer service, and POS systems

  • Proficiency with Google products

Required Qualifications

  • Must love working with people and puppies

  • At least 21 years of age

  • 1 year experience in animal training

  • Availability on evenings, weekdays, and weekends

  • Willingness to work on and off-site

  • Smart phone; ability and willingness to respond promptly to phone calls and emails.

  • Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable vehicle

  • Access to a computer with Zoom capabilities

  • Current Pet First Aid/CPR certification and CGC evaluator status, or willingness to obtain upon hire

  • Strong work ethic with ability to follow direction: independently motivated, communicative, organized, on-time, dependable, accepting of constructive criticism

  • Being a respectful and effective team member – ability to work alone and in groups

  • Willingness to utilize Wonder Puppy’s positive reinforcement based philosophy and methods and to follow curriculum exclusively

  • Ability and willingness to work in a variety of settings and outdoor weather.

how to apply

Cover letter, curriculum vitae or resume, including references must be submitted electronically to: info@wonder-puppy.com.

Desired applicants will be interviewed via zoom and will be required to spend time in the studio as part of a “working interview” before a job offer is made.