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Dog Breeder resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what dog breeders actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most dog breeders should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Experienced dog breeder focused on health, temperament and responsible pet ownership. Skilled across the full breeding cycle, from selecting breeding pairs to whelping, rearing and placing puppies. Committed to high standards of animal welfare and compliance with local council and canine association requirements.
Key skills
- Animal care and handling
- Whelping and neonatal puppy care
- Breeding pair selection based on health, pedigree and temperament
- Kennel operations and hygiene management
- Inventory management for feed, medications and supplies
- BreedMate
- Breeder's Assistant
- Xero
- Microsoft Excel
- Dogs Australia online services
- Customer service and buyer screening
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Digital literacy
Experience: example bullet points
- Managed a small breeding kennel, overseeing the health and wellbeing of adult dogs and litters from birth to placement.
- Selected breeding pairs using pedigree, health test results and temperament assessments, improving the consistency of litters.
- Cared for pregnant dams and newborn puppies, including monitoring whelping and providing supplementary feeding when required.
- Maintained kennel facilities to high hygiene standards, reducing the risk of common infections and parasites.
- Recorded pedigree, health and sales data in BreedMate and Excel, ensuring accurate paperwork for buyers and councils.
- Screened potential buyers through interviews and home checks, providing ongoing care advice to support responsible ownership.
Education
Typical qualifications include a Certificate III in Animal Studies or Certificate IV in Companion Animal Services, with some breeders holding a Diploma of Animal Technology; practical experience and local council registration are equally important.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Dogs Australia
- local council registration
- Domestic Animals Act
- breeding license
- pedigree records
- whelping
- kennel management
- animal welfare
- microchipping
- vaccination
- BreedMate
- Xero
- Microsoft Excel
- companion animal services
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.