Ever dreamed to be a doghandler on a small husky farm in Germany

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ever dreamed to be a doghandler on a small husky farm ?

visit our little husky farm with 23 dogs ... and explore the nice german northern nature ... and if you like, follow us to Sweden, Norway or Finland

but always keep in mind: it's not a pet-zoo, work on a husky-farm is hard physically work outside every day.
summer & winter. heatwave & also -35°C. rain & sun.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
be part of our family - be invited to learn more about german culture and lifestyle and enjoy our landscape - learn everything about (sled)dogs and how to train them
Arbeit
+ Volunteer and vacation on a small husky farm
+ January to march mostly in Norway, Sweden and Finland
+ learn everything about dogs/huskies
+ teach and train your own puppy-team (train only in autumn and winter)
+ take care (also in nights !!) of our old housedogs/pets
(if you dont like to have a sleepy old dog beside your bed, its nothing for you to work on a husky-farm; we are responsible for our old dogs too !! - here no dog "disappeared because he's only old)
+ explore not only the nice german northern nature, follow us to the most beautifull places in scandinavia
+ in summer from april to august help us to build the new small guest-loghome, the sauna and the hottub
+ from september to april you take part in all dog-trainings and tourist-events
+ at least four weeks stay, we prefer eight weeks or longer
+ we have WIFI on our farm
+ we live outside the next village is 2km away
+ public transport is 6 km away, but on weekends 35km ;-)
+ must be kids friendly
+ no smoking and drugs but lots of "rock'n roll" ;-)
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if all that suits you, then you are welcome to be part of our small family
Sprachen
Gesprochene Sprachen
German: Fließend
English: Fließend
French: Fließend
Norwegian: Fließend
Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.
Unterkunft
a wooden cabin
common room / kitchen / bathroom

eigener kleiner Wohnwagen, bzw 2er-Hütte.
gemeinsamer Aufenthaltsraum / Küche / Badezimmer
Was noch ...
on email and/or phone please contact Pat or Ben
Etwas mehr Information
- Internet Zugang
- Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
- Wir besitzen Tiere
- Wir sind Raucher
- Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
Dieser Gastgeber nimmt gern Digital Nomads bei sich auf.
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
Dieser Gastgeber bietet Platz für Wohnmobile.
Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen
dogs but always depends on ....
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
zwei
Arbeitszeiten
5 days a week, 2 days off

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17.11.2020

Vom Workawayer (Iwona) für Host

I had a good time with The dogs.

They are amazing. Really connected with all of them. I learned a lot and i am very grateful for this experience. Ben is nice and carrying.

He provided with everything that i needed. It was good to be on my own this time.

I would recommend this host

Thank you and wishing the best

(Sehr gut )

14.11.2015

Vom Workawayer (Katrina & Daniel) für Host

We stayed at this workaway for only 2 out of our planned 6 weeks. Leaving early for various reasons.

The work you do with the kennel dogs is great! You get to train with them, play with them, feed them and run them 3 times a day. Training involves going on the cart with 14 dogs, going on scooters with dogs and running with harnesses. The dogs… read more are all playful and loving and crave accepting your cuddles and kisses, it's true fun work!

As well as the kennel dogs there are house dogs. These dogs are retired kennel dogs who are sick or old and as such live inside with you all the time, as in while you are eating or relaxing and even sleeping. These dogs suffer from varying epilepsy and skin conditions as well as no longer having control over their bladders and bowel movements.

The living conditions here can be questionable. In the cooking area which is a small room there are 5-7 house dogs and 4 people which gives a feeling of being cramped. The only running water is not in the kitchen but in an adjacent bathroom making cooking and cleaning difficult. What is good however is the food. The employer takes you shopping to choose food you like which you cook yourself.

The sleeping rooms are also good. You will either be in cabins or caravans which are adequate in space and comfort and plenty warm in the winter months.

The employer is also looking for someone who will sleep with the housedogs, thus caring for them during the night and meaning you are effectively working 24 hours a day. It is evident that the owner and especially his own family does not want to sleep with these dogs every night thus the reason for the workaways. After 1 night we could not handle waking up to the dogs moving around and cleaning their poop so we said we could no longer do this, consequently causing conflict with the employer. When we applied to this workaway it was not listed in the duties but now it is so be prepared for this when you arrive.

The employees at this farm treat the workaways as lesser and we found it difficult to work with them as they would not listen to our advice nor value our opinions.

Another issue is that you are expected to work 12-14 hours every day with a rare day off. Im sure most workaways expect to integrate with the family and enjoy their days off together but this was not the case for us. Note that the workaway site advertises 5 hour work days with 2 days off but in the 2 weeks we worked here this was not the case. Also the bicycles were of poor quality and difficult to ride.

I would say that this workaway did not live up to our expectations. Whilst it was fun working with the dogs we could not justify it with the rest.

It was an interesting experience and the dogs are great but would not be reccomended for all. Make sure you are prepared before you come here as it's for true hard workers and ultimate dog lovers only. You are treated as seperate from the family and not integrated as we had hoped. This workaway thus centers on hardwork and always putting the dogs first.

(neutral )

08.06.2015

Vom Host für Workawayer (Lea)

Lea started as a workawayer.
Lea left as a part of our family and is always welcome.
And Lea came back several times... right now she stays again with us and our sleddogs.
Lea, you are ALWAYS welcome !

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24.03.2015

Vom Workawayer (Lea) für Host

I stayed here for approximately 2 weeks in march 2015 and had a wonderful time!
Ben and his employee Christian explained me a lot of things about sled dogs and dogs in general. Furthermore, the whole family is hospitable, accomodation and food are great, the surrounding nature is very beautiful.
I really enjoyed working with the huskies and… read more

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08.06.2015

Vom Host für Workawayer (Sture)

always friendly and in good mood, good hands with dogs and humans, always pretty hard working, ... always welcome back again ... thx a lot Sture

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