Area: Gütersloh

We are running a dog school in the area of Guetersloh since several years, that means we give courses in educating dogs - or better in educating dog owners. On several times a week we offer our courses and people make single appointments, too. Also we visit people at home, if they have special problems with their dogs. Four times a week we offer so called play groups in the afternoon, where people come with their dogs to let them play. At the end of 2008 we bought a house with 10.000 qm land and a little lake on it. We are running the dog school there now and we also build up a dog hotel. Up to 10 dogs can stay with us. They stay in the group altogether during the day, only at night they stay in kennels. Therefore we only take dogs that are getting along with other dogs. Even though our business is running already, we are not finished in renovating our house and fixing the garden. There are still fences to be put up, rooms to paint ecetera. We also need help in caring for the dogs. Especially when we are busy with courses or playgroups, somebody needs to look after our hotel dogs. It would be perfect if you were able to handle a group of dogs. We are a Lesbian couple, 43 and 44 years old, Ilona & Linda. We have a 17 years old daughter staying with us. We have three dogs on our own, a white canadian shepherd, a Great Dane and a small Terrier Mix from Greece. Also we have 4 cats. At least one of them will try to sleep in your bed.

Area: Asturias (N-Spain)

We live in a farmhouse with 2 ha of land in Asturias. We have 5 donkeys and often about 10 dogs, as we are volunteers for the local dog shelter and the donkey sanctuary nearby. We have a vegetable garden, apple trees and other trees. It's a great area for hiking, step out of the house and you are in the woods and we are near the Picos de Europa.

Area: Co Kildare

We run a comfortable family farmhouse B and B - Especially suited to artistic friendly guests seeking solace, walking, open spaces, painting holidays, pet friendly B&B, music, horses, dogs and gardens. Animal lovers will feel "at home here.

Area: Massa D Carrara Tuscany

I am a writer and storyteller born in Scotland but have spent a great deal of time in Italy and I am currently living my lifelong dream of restoring a lovely old Tuscan villa and am looking for volunteers to help in exchange for full bed and board. I am hoping to be totally self sufficient here in my little homestead and to create an eco friendly food garden. I hope in the future to be able to host workshops here and enjoy visits from my very large and very busy family and group of friends. This is a beautiful part of Tuscany, in the mountains, surrounded by chestnut forests and rivers but close enough to the beach and skiing resorts (40 mins) to offer the best of all worlds. 15 mins from the fabulous medieval (and market) town of Pontremoli and just over an hour from Pisa, under 2 hours from Parma, Milan, Florence, Bologna and many other beautiful cities. It has everything including cheap and frequent flights to and from Pisa!

Area: North of Arctic Circle, Norway

We are located on a spectacular island in the far north of Norway, above the arctic circle, at the very tail end of the Gulf Stream. Lots of whales, seals, white tailed eagles, seals, midnight sun, and strange looking birds. If you look on a globe for the finger of islands that hang off the far north coast of Norway then find at the northernmost island......... that's us .....