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We, Håkan, Lotta and our 11 dogs, are living in the small skiresort Kittelfjäll in south Lappland, Sweden.
We're 56 and 50 years old. The dogs are 10 Siberian huskys and a spaniel.
Håkan workes with the dogs at home, Lotta works at the local hostal.
The dogs live in one big pack with us, we have our ground fenced in. They sleep inside the house.
We are looking for a workawayer who;
-Can stay for a minimum of two months.
-Is flexible with work-tasks and hours.
-Eats most food.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in the north, next to the mountains. You would be outside with the dogs during the day, in various locations, woods, mountains, icy lakes. It is an ideal place to experience wilderness, its littarly around the corner. But its also a small community and a touristresort with a skiingarea, grocerystore, small hotels and restaurants.
Help
We need different help in autumn and during winter.
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
It is moosehuntingseason and Håkan goes away for a month. Your job will be to take care of the dogs when Lotta is at work. You will be scooping poop, vacuum, wash up, prepare dogfood and care for the dogs. You need to be here at the latest 15th of August, so you get to know the dogs before Håkan leaves.
OKTOBER - APRIL
We would like you to help out with our sleddogs during the winterseason. We need help with prepairing trails and training the dogs. We would like you to help in the daily care of the dogs such as grooming, scooping poop and equipment-fixing.
Help in and around the house with daily choores as snowshoweling (sometimes it is the only thing we do, beacause it can snow a lot), vaccuming and washing up etc.
You need a driverslicens, you will drive our car with the dogtrailer, atv and snowmobile.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You will live in the house with us, and the dogs, its small but you get the upstairs to yourself thats a bedroom and a sittingarea with no doors, its an open area.
We share toilett and shower.
We eat dinner together.
Our dogs live with us in the house, so at night you can cuddle up on the sofa with as many as you like.
What else ...
WINTERSEASON
Kittelfjäll is a small skitresort, you can go skiing, crosscountryskiing, hiking, icefishing and much more.
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
There are lots of trails up the mountains if you want to hike. There are streams and lakes to fish in. Or just camp out.
Monday - Friday there is a bus twice a day to Vilhelmina.
We are 60 km from Norway and 90 km from the nearest town wich is Storuman.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (8)
I spent 6 weeks with Hakan and Lotta and I discovered a lot of amazing things.
Hakan and Lotta are amazing people and live with them was such a huge pleasure. But an other amazing thing is to live with the dogs it’s was incredible and I had a lot of cuddle time !
The dogs… read more
Lotta e Hakan are very special people and made me feel at home from day one. I felt underwood and loved despite my bad English.
The work isn't hard but fun, especially when running with dogs. Hakan taught me how fix everything and Lotta gave me… read more
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I spent 6 weeks with Hakan and Lotta and I discovered a lot of amazing things.
Hakan and Lotta are amazing people and live with them was such a huge pleasure. But an other amazing thing is to live with the dogs it’s was incredible and I had a lot of cuddle time !
The dogs… read more
Lotta e Hakan are very special people and made me feel at home from day one. I felt underwood and loved despite my bad English.
The work isn't hard but fun, especially when running with dogs. Hakan taught me how fix everything and Lotta gave me… read more
Came down the stairs every morning with a big smile on her face. Big doglover, the life with 11 dogs indoors and outdoors suited her perfect! Breakfast, lunch and dinner, the dogs are always present and you could tell she had a big passion for dogs, wich is a must if you stay here. All things with Paula is… read more
Her main work in October was taking care of the dogs while Lotta was att work and Håkan was away hunting moose. She did housechores, prepared dogfood and kept the dogs happy. After that she was a big help in taking care of the moosemeat. We make our own dogfood and there is… read more
It was the best experience I've had. I helped with so many different things, the dogs, projects around the house and property and taking long trips around Sweden for various reasons. It was my first time doing anything like this, from the dogsledding… read more
And what a great time it was! Jacob is a man with lots of knowledge, skills and talents. He has been building, mending, renovating in and around the house and sheds, with great results.
Beeing a mechanic was extremly fortunate this winter,… read more
I had such a lovely experience staying with them and living with the dogs. Both Lotta and Hakan are wonderful people who I hope to keep in contact with them. They were always there if you needed help or if you needed anything.
Lotta loves to cook and the meals she… read more
She was our first workawayer and we couldn’t have started any better!
A warm, loving, clever, creative, intellegent woman, with a wonderful smile.
She has a genuine interest for people, their culture and ways, food and such. She has gladly tried every Swedish dish we made and has… read more
Lotta and Hakan are very VERY nice. Always available to help you and give you what you need.
If you want you can learn a lot about the Swedish culture and Lotta love cooked some Swedish meals :)
I felt at home, and I found a new home ! :)
Kittelfjäll is a small village with a lot of… read more
