Join us on our hobby farm with Icelandic horses in Pedersöre, Finland

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  Beschreibung

  We have a hobby farm in Finland with many pets: a herd of Icelandic horses, 2 goats, chickens, 4 dogs, 8 (rescue) cats and 2 geckos. We breed Icelandic horses, we currently have around 20 including many cuddly foals.
  
  The goats know how to perform multiple tricks and if you bribe them they might show you.
  The cats are also indoors so if you have allergies this will not suite you
  
  We are a family of 5, the "kids" aged 15, 17, 21 (Lara) and 25. (The eldest one is not living at home, and Lara is running this account, and home during weekends)
  We are originally from Austria but have been living in Finland since 16 years. The mom (Ursula) is a veterinarian. We are a chill, humorous and a bit crazy family in a chaotic household. We like to spend our free time with the animals and play board games.
  
  Workawayers here should be flexible, show initiative, genuinely want to help, and love spending time with pets and being outside with the horses. Owning a good sense of humour helps. You will not receive very detailed instructions and you need to feel comfortable with that and show initiative.
  
  Need to be:
  1.Over 19 years old
  2.Able to work independently
  3.Physically fit and able to work in the Finnish weather, some knowledge of farm life
  
  Owning some of these attributes would be great:
  3.Good cooks to make family meals
  4. Experienced (!) horse riders to help train our horses. Preferably people with experience with Icelandic horses.
  5. Handy people to build fences or other DIY projects are super welcome
  6. Motivated cleaners
  7. Lively humourous people to be a part of our family :)
  
  We are a non-smoking household.
  
  (To clarify: horse-experience is not a must but it is a big bonus)
  
  Please note, it's a messy and chaotic household and garden and we need help to clean it up. We don't have a fancy riding school but happy muddy horses. Only come here if you can handle messiness and are willing to help with cleaning.
  During the workweek the mom works a lot and can be home very late. So incase there are no other workawayers, you need to be okay with being alone during the day (although you are never truly alone with all the pets)
  During the weekend she has more time.
  
  We live in a big old house (140 years old) in the countryside surrounded by woods and fields. On our rides we cross a river. There is a lake 14 kilometers away that we sometimes visit in the summer to go for a swim. The ocean is a 40 minute drive away.
  
  We speak German, Finnish, Swedish, English and the mom also knows how to speak French, Icelandic and some Spanish. We also speak fluent sarcasm.
  
  We don't have a business and the help needed would vary from day to day, the hours are flexible and taking time off to do trips wouldn't be a problem.
  
  Would be good to write your message in a way that I see you have read the profile :) I like reading creative messages so have fun with it

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  -Horse riders with no fear of energetic horses can join us for rides in the beautiful countryside. Inexperienced riders have the chance of learning a little riding as well.
  -There is a gym in our village and you are welcome to join us for a workout.
  -You can explore the woods and nature.
  -You can meet local people and experience Finland from a local standpoint.
  -You can cuddle a lot of animals, which is great for the soul :)

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  Arbeit

  We welcome help with:
  -Feeding and caring for all of the animals
  -Mucking out the horses windshields
  -Cleaning the house and the garden, one of the daily tasks is to keep the house in order.
  -Cooking family meals (also coming up with ideas what to cook, making grocery lists)
  -Going on longs walks with the dogs and also walking the goats
  -Fixing fences in the warmer months or doing other outside projects.
  -On going DIY projects
  -Haywork in the summer
  - If skilled: training the horses: groundwork and halter training foals, riding and doing groundwork with the older ones

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Deutsch: Fließend
  Englisch: Fließend
  Finnish: Fließend
  Swedish: Fließend

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  Unterkunft

  There is a guestroom with a bunkbed upstairs workawayers can use. If we have multiple workawayers you might have to share a room. The bathroom and other rooms are shared and you would be living like part of the family. The house is truly a mess most of the time, and it's chaotic countrylife we are living. With this many animals it gets dirty very fast and we need help with that!
  Only come if you can handle it.
  We have WiFi, otherwise the connection can be bad at times.
  
  You are always free to help yourself from our kitchen.
  Half of the family is pescatarian, so vegetarians are very welcome :)

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  Was noch ...

  There is a small (boring) town 30 kilometers away, it's possible to take a bus there and back. We also have a workaway car. We can do a little "sightseeing" together, and you can meet local people. If you want to go somewhere further away there is a train station we can drive you to.
  
  Near us we also have a local sight, a biiig rock called Ilveskivi. But that's really the only sight haha, I hope you came to see trees and animals and not sights.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Platz für Wohnmobile.

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