Dog lover needed to help out in our dog hotel / straydog care center on Phuket, Thailand

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    !!! Please, read ALL the descriptions !!! I will not answer when I have to figure out, that you even didn't put the effort in to read the offer !!!

    We are a family-operated dog hotel under German management.
    We have 2 dogs on our own, at the moment 11 foster dogs (ex strays) and up to 30 guest dogs of all sizes.
    We provide dog boarding, post-operative care, dog training, homemade dog food and treats.
    Also, we take care of a lot of stray dogs in our surroundings.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Gardening
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We live in an non tourist area with no foreigners, only Thai people :)
    So, you will see the real life, and we prefer to go out to places where are most time only Thais.
    You can improve your Thai, German and English language.
    You will gain a lot experience in dog behaviors, working and training with them.

  • Help

    Help

    !!! To volunteer here, you must be minimum of 25 years old. You also need an international driver's license and you must be able to drive a small motorbike (scooter) and feel safe with left-hand-driving !!!

    No matter, which part of work you could do here, it is an absolute must that you feel comfortable
    in a huge pack of dogs! At ours, you will have nearly 24/7 dogs around you :) 2 dogs sleep with my volunteers, too. But no worry, at night time it is quiet so you can sleep in peace ;)

    It depends on your experience with dogs for which kind of work I could appoint you.

    Minimum stay here is 14 days (not including day of arrival and departure) because it takes some time to integrate new people here in the pack and until they are used to handle the different packs here on the ground. So, I have to spend the first days a lot of time for new people coming in. I am all the time very happy when the volunteers want to stay for a longer period. How long do you want to stay?

    In general, the help needed isn't hard but sometimes we have to carry bags or boxes up to 25 kg/each.
    Also, preparing the dog food, you have to cut and mix RAW MEAT with your hands in a bucket and you should be able to do that.

    Sometimes we have injured dogs here and you should be able to assist me with that (wound cleaning, wound dressing). Means, you must be able to see blood or open wounds.

    The main tasks here...

    - laundry
    - cleaning work around house and dog hotel
    - preparing the dog food (B.A.R.F.) and feeding the dogs
    - grooming, bathing, feeding the dog
    - light gardening and maintenance work
    - medical care (wound dressing, tablets etc.)
    - physiotherapy
    - run errands
    - drives to the vet clinics, airport etc. (International driver license needed)
    - helping with dog training

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Thai: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    The Dog Resort is 1.5 km outside of town.
    My private house is around 15 km away from the Dog Resort with a lot of shops and restaurants around.
    You will stay together with me in my private house OR room in the private house on the ground of Phuket Dog Resort, depending on where we need the most help.
    In both houses, you will have your own room with a big sofa bed, to sleep in at night but you will have to share it at night with 2 medium-sized dogs. Bathroom, kitchen, living room, and garden space will be shared with me.
    As we have the 2nd computer in our guest room, it could happen that we have to use the computer at some days for 1 or 2 hours.
    That you can discover the island and go between the private house and Dog Resort, you will get my scooter free of charge and you can use it also when you want to check out the island.

    The Dog Resort is 1.5 km away from Thalang at the edge of the last preserved jungle on Phuket. 1 km away from Tonsai Waterfall.

    Layan Beach / Bang Tao Beach / Surin Beach / Naiyang Beach is a 10 - 20 min. ride.

    The accommodation and breakfast (coffee, toast, butter, marmalade, cornflakes, eggs) and also from time to time local fruits and water are included.
    Working time is 5 hours/6 days but it will depend on when the work has to be done. So, for example, when we have to prepare the dog food packages it will be a really long day from 8 am to 8 pm until everything is packed and cleaned. But on other days we will have less work, so it will be less than 5 hours or a day off in addition.
    We have unlimited WiFi... BUT... NO INTERNET WHILE WORKING !!! When we have a break or it is your free time you can be online as long as you want. But I am sick of people, checking the whole time their facebook and forget about that the things they had to do or need the double-time for the work because of only one hand and half brain free to work ;)

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    5G

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    One

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 233542366358

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