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We are family, that lives in rural British Columbia. We are surrounded by mountains and lakes that are available to use anytime. This beautiful location is full of opportunities that include working with small animals, assisting with horses, learning how to handle heavy draft horses, taking care of cattle, dogs and chickens. We have many gardens and a small greenhouse that help provide fresh grown foods. We have 5 children from 12- 20 yrs that are healthy and active currently living with us. We are requesting some extra help inside , daily house chores, daily outside chores, daily animal husbandry chores, and things that might arise unexpectedly living with animals or with the children. To have experience handling horses is beneficial because handling and harnessing draft horses can be difficult. Everyday is an adventure living in beautiful BC. Safety is always important to us and the exploration of the land or sights we can show you visitors upon request.
Our family enjoys all outdoor activities from snowmobiling, quadding, horse riding, giving wagon/sleigh rides , farming, and camping. We have cows that start to calve in April and chicks that hatch in the spring. We have 4 dogs, 2 small & two larger, they are very friendly and great helpers.
Please don’t hesitate to ask.
Thank you
We look forward to meeting you!!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Farming
Gardening
Animals
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn to take care of small animals, assist with horses and farm work from fencing, building corrals/pens, gardening tools for a great fall harvest, preserving and processing fresh fruits and veggies, learning about the outdoors and experience outdoor recreation
Projects involving children
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Help
With our kids they are fairly self sufficient however supervision and extra assistant with daily routines and chores are appreciated, house cleaning, small yard projects farm work, animal care, horse grooming, horse handling, occasional meal preparing, Small building Renos, gardening and processing fruits, veggies and enjoying the farm life
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
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Accommodation
Private accommodation with bathroom
Meals will be discussed as to if the helper can help prepare meals or if I'm doing all the cooking
Food will be prepared and eaten in our home
What else ...
Transportation will be available into the nearest towns for sight seeing and town errand trips, there is days where we get off from every day chores and fun is always around the corner
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Cocoa and Diesel
Cocoa is a 6 yr old Chocolate Labrador - loves everyone and playing fetch
Diesel 6 yr old Catahoola Hound- Our daughters dog- very friendly happy boy
Molly & Rosco
Molly 5yr old, French-ton - most spoilt dog ever
Rosco 3 yr old French Bulldog - smallest but thinks he’s the largest
Striker, Flash, Roo, Holly & Dolly
Young paint quarter horses, bred to work cattle and western ranch riding. Roo and Flash are too
Young to ride and they are the foals of Holly.
Holly is in foal this year
Dolly is a great versatile horse and Striker is Jen’s performance cow horse.
Zeus & Zoro
2 yr old Belgian Brabant
Zoro is a young stallion
In driving training this winter
Bubba & Jinka
5 yr old Percheron mares
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I had an incredibly great time with Jen and her family. I learned a huge amount during this… read more
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I had an incredibly great time with Jen and her family. I learned a huge amount during this… read more
we stayed with Jennifer, Derek and the three kids for two weeks in November 2019. They are both hard working and spend most of the day outside working on the field, hunting or in the city to get farm stuff and keep the ranch running. Our tasks were mostly doing daily things that needed to be done around the house. We did lots of… read more
Jennifer is passionate. I got to know the cows, I saw different cares, to feed them, to move them, Jennifer taught me so much! We rode together and they are… read more
