Find out a little bit about potential hires. The only question I was asked was how I would break up a dog fight. Of course I was also hired due to years of experience in dog daycare and veterinary medicine.

Dogs are neglected and sometimes abused. Facilities are disgusting. Corporate will not step in when they receive complaints. Aggressive dogs are allowed in the yard and never dismissed for hurting other dogs or people. Dog to attendant ratios are regularly exceeded, even up to double the limit.

Interact with the dogs. Pay attention to them. Learn what an unhappy dog vs happy dog looks like. Learn when dogs need to be removed from group play. And don't play veterinarian to clients when you don't even know how vaccines work or what an ear infection looks like.

Understanding and complying with corporate policies and they need to learn how to read dog body language because they don't get it and if they don't know what an aggressive dog looks like how can they teach new hires? Also just replace current management with someone who actually cares about dogs.

Literally nothing. There is no positive. Other than I guess working with dogs. But as many aggressive dogs as we allow to come, even playing with the dogs has become unenjoyable. I guess positive is I never have to worry about being fired because the boss lets everyone do whatever they want.

I get paid barely more than minimum wage to put myself at risk breaking up dog fights, treat injuries, and come behind the manager and do his work for him because he either didn't do it or messed up. As a lead I have to act like a manager without getting paid like one.