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Kennel Cleaning Checklist
The checklist (10 items)
Written as observable actions, so two trainers scoring the same shift land in the same place. In CrewSharp this is the Kennel Cleaning checklist in the Pet care / Daycare starter set, filed under Kennels, and every item here is editable.
- 1Moved the animal to a secure run before cleaningCritical
- 2Removed waste before applying disinfectant
- 3Mixed disinfectant at the labeled dilutionCritical
- 4Left disinfectant for its full contact timeMust pass
- 5Rinsed runs fully before returning the animal
- 6Dried the floor so it was not slippery
- 7Cleaned on the schedule for every runMust pass
- 8Washed bedding and replaced it with clean bedding
- 9Reported diarrhea or vomit to the lead
- 10Restocked bowls and supplies
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What usually goes wrong
Dilution and contact time are where good intentions disinfect nothing. A stronger mix wiped off straight away does less than the correct mix left to sit, and the finished run looks the same either way.
The items a good total should not outweigh
- Moved the animal to a secure run before cleaning
- Mixed disinfectant at the labeled dilution
When to sign someone off
A workable bar for this checklist: no critical items missed, a score above a line you set for Kennel Cleaning specifically rather than one number for the whole building, and observed on more than one shift with at least one of them busy. Then date it, so it can expire.
That last part is the one people skip. A sign-off with no date cannot be re-checked, which means a year later you have a record that says somebody was ready once.
Other pet care / daycare checklists
The rest of the set, if you are building out the whole floor rather than one position.
Common questions
Why does cleaning need training as well as instructions?
The two things that make it work, dilution and contact time, are invisible in the result. Someone can clean thoroughly and disinfect nothing, and no inspection of the finished run would show it.
What should be on a kennel cleaning checklist?
The 10 items above cover it: moved the animal to a secure run before cleaning, removed waste before applying disinfectant, mixed disinfectant at the labeled dilution, and the rest of the list. Keep it in that range. Fewer and a pass proves very little; many more and trainers stop finishing it during a real shift.
Which items should count as critical?
On this checklist, 2 items are marked critical: moved the animal to a secure run before cleaning; mixed disinfectant at the labeled dilution. Missing one means not ready, regardless of the total score, because these are the failures that cannot be corrected after the fact.
Scoring it is the part that lasts
Run this Kennel Cleaning checklist on a tablet between rushes and CrewSharp keeps the rest: who is signed off, when it was last checked, and which item your crew misses most.
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