Join Team Lucky Pup
We are very excited to announce that we were selected as the Pet Sitters International‘s Pet Sitters of the Year for 2022!
Pets aren't our roommates - they're our family.
We are committed to delivering the highest standards of service and premier pet care, and that means we need amazing pet professionals on Team Lucky Pup.
We are on a mission to help our clients – and our team – live full and happy lives.
Our clients have our Lucky Pup promise with every client. This means we’ll care for their pets like we do our own (and we are pretty crazy about giving our pets the best). We are more than people that let a dog out or feed a cat. We call our clients our Lucky Pup Family because we want to truly be a part of their extended family and trusted circle. We bring peace of mind to our human clients, and a fuller, happier life to their pets through walks, play, companionship and education.
We believe pets deserve to be treated like VIPs – Very Important Pets!
Our Live Full, Live Happy mission applies to Team Lucky Pup, and it is a tenant we carry throughout all of our work. We believe that life is meant to be enjoyed. It is important that team members enjoy their work as part of our premiere pet care company, and that we also support each team member’s goals for their own happy life.
If you have any questions, please email us at info@luckypupadventures.com.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
What we’re hiring for: Pet Care Pros – Put your skills with animals to work in a supportive, culture-forward company
If that sounds like a “too good to be true” dream job for you, keep reading!
Team Lucky Pup gets to work with some of the most awesome, hilarious, and fantastic pets in the Sioux Empire. From snuggling cats and taking dogs on walks, our Team cares our pet clients every day of the week and every week of the year. Our first priority is the health and safety of all the pets in our care, and we also make sure to spread joy and love to the cats, dogs, bunnies, guinea pigs, beaded dragons, and the occasional chickens, horses, and goats we visit.
We take our work very seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too serious. We are a culture-forward company that supports our team members while also doing great work. Our crew gets to feel a connection with our amazing clients – the humans AND the pets. Our clients appreciate what we do, and they tell us so! We believe in working as a connected Team, even as everyone works independently on their own care visits. We do our best to make sure everyone on our Team has time for their favorite activities while also being there for our clients. We believe in work-life balance, we respect your time, and are here to do our work exceptionally well for our exceptional clients.
What we’re hiring for: Pet Care Pros – Put your skills with animals to work in a supportive, culture-forward company
If that sounds like a “too good to be true” dream job for you, keep reading!
Team Lucky Pup gets to work with some of the most awesome, hilarious, and fantastic pets in the Sioux Empire. From snuggling cats and taking dogs on walks, our Team cares our pet clients every day of the week and every week of the year. Our first priority is the health and safety of all the pets in our care, and we also make sure to spread joy and love to the cats, dogs, bunnies, guinea pigs, beaded dragons, and the occasional chickens, horses, and goats we visit.
We take our work very seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too serious. We are a culture-forward company that supports our team members while also doing great work. Our crew gets to feel a connection with our amazing clients – the humans AND the pets. Our clients appreciate what we do, and they tell us so! We believe in working as a connected Team, even as everyone works independently on their own care visits. We do our best to make sure everyone on our Team has time for their favorite activities while also being there for our clients. We believe in work-life balance, we respect your time, and are here to do our work exceptionally well for our exceptional clients.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has professional or extensive experience with pets, but especially has non-casual or non-personal experience with dogs, dog body language, and dog behavior. We care for pets of all kinds, types, shapes, and sizes.
- Ideally has experience working around a variety of pets and can interact with a variety of personality types. We will train the right candidate on our Lucky Pup “Secret Sauce,” but solid dog experience will put you ahead of others.
- Has impeccable attention to and has the ability to recall details. Our work often involves very specific care instructions that vary from family to family. This is to check your dedication to detail. Put the word impeccable within your application so we know you didn’t miss this part.
- Have a clean driving record, valid drivers license, and solo access to a reliable vehicle and phone with internet access. We spend up to half of our time driving between visits all around the Sioux Falls metro and we need to stay safe while we are in neighborhoods, byways, and highways. This is especially true if you are driving one of our Lucky Pup Mobiles!
- Likes providing great customer service. A huge part of what we do is making our clients feel connected to what is going on at home. We work diligently to maintain our status and reputation as trusted professional partners. An important aspect to this includes clear and professional communication with good grammar, clear writing, and the ability to report on the fun you’re having.
- Can pass a multi-state, in-depth background check. Please see above!
- Has clear, concise, and effective communication. Team members need to be able to communicate effectively with other team members, in addition to with our clients. We can’t be a great team and company if we can’t communicate effectively. If you don’t like comradery, sharing your favorite cute pet pic, having fun, and commiserating about the traffic at 5:23pm on a Wednesday, we probably aren’t a great fit for you.
Why you might not want to be part of Team Lucky Pup:
- You don’t like changes. Our schedules often change based on changes in our clients’ schedules. Our Team members need to have a fairly predictable schedule. So while we have flexibility in our work and scheduling to help you life a full and happy life, we also make commitments to our clients sometimes months in advance and we need to be able to follow through on those commitments. Because of that, short notice or frequent changes to a Team member’s availability is not something we can accommodate.
- You are looking for more than supplemental income. Based on the fluctuating nature of our work, and based on a your availability, we cannot guarantee a minimum amount of work each week.
- You are not available to work around the holidays. We are our busiest during the major holidays. While we do rotate around the holidays to ensure Team members can enjoy time off, we require Team members to be available be flexible to work during and around the holidays.
- You do not enjoy working independently. We are looking for people who enjoy working as part of a greater team, but can thrive working fully independently. We call ourselves Team Lucky Pup, because we do work as a team to provide exceptional, impeccable care for our VIP clients. However, all of our work is done solo. Trust and dependability is hugely critical in our work.
- You don’t like being outside in a variety of weather. Even when it is -10* and blowing snow or 90* with the sun shining, we are out working and visiting pets. They are counting on us to be there for them!
- You will occasionally have to clean up something disgusting. We deal with poop every day, vomit occasionally, and the odd major mess. Pet ownership is messy and we do what needs to be done to keep them happy and healthy while they are in our care.
We offer:
- Really awesome clients
- A work environment that cares about you and your definition of success
- Starting wage of $14/hr + tips with room to grow based on experience
- Paid training + continuing education opportunities
- Additional responsibilities for the right applicant
- Either mileage reimbursements per IRS guidelines or use of our company car
- Paid time off accrual available at the completion of a probationary period
Thank you so much for your interest in being part of our VIP team - we can't wait to hear from you!
But, here’s the thing. It is likely that we are going to get lots of applications, because we have some of the cutest clients in town (have you seen our Instagram??). So, if you think this might be the best job ever, make yourself stand out from the crowd. Make sure to tell us how you will fit this job specifically and why we would be lucky to have you on Team Lucky Pup. We can’t guarantee the form won’t refresh if you don’t send it in one sitting, so proceed with caution!
Please fill out this form to help us get to know you. It allows us to evaluate our needs and your needs, so we can determine if we should chat more. We are busy doing great things with pets, so filling out your information does not guarantee a call from us, but it does help us get in contact with you when we think we might suit each other.
Lucky Pup Adventures provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We are committed to creating and maintaining an impeccable workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. We are committed to making a workplace that does this, everyday. We believe people should be able to show up to work as the truest version of themselves and be welcomed – unless you are a jerk, enjoy drama, or are a nincompoop, in which case you need not apply, because we don’t have time for that. However, if you are not those things, we cannot wait to hear from you! We think we have the best jobs and best clients around, we would love to have the right folks join us!