Help needed at a vet's farm in the beautiful south of Styria, Austria

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Mainly LOOKING for HELP in March, April, May and June 2020! Please READ description below!

I'm a vet and I have a farm, which includes a horse reproduction centre. At the moment I board 6 horses at home, half of them are mine and the rest belongs to friends of mine. The place is located in the beautiful south of Styria, it's very quiet and relaxed. So if you like to go out in the evenings, it's not the right place. No Party People!

The centre is focused on reproduction in mares - artificial insemination and embryo transfer in horses. During breeding season lot of owners bring their mares for these kind of special treatments (also from our neighbouring states like Slovenia or Croatia). Means that our stable sometimes is filled to the top (up to 25 horses).

Great oportunity for veterinary students to gain knowledge and improve skills.

Tasks are:
- feeding the horses
- preparing the mares for treatments
- helping during treatments
- cleaning up
- preparing stables for new horses
- welcome owners

We're looking especially for a person, who could stay at least three weeks.

The public transport is VERY POOR in this area, so it's really a rural area. Perfect for people who like nature, you can go for a walk in the woods and enjoy the area. If you are interested you can also join me from time to time, when I'm on my medical round to my patients (NOT main part of the work, I'm really looking for someone who takes care of the farm at home and I don't need help for the clinic itself in general)!

Please check our calendar!
Type of help
Building
General Maintenance
Farmstay
Other
Help in the house
Animal care
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
get to know the beautiful area in the south of Styria (lot of people come to spend there holidays there), enjoy the beautiful nature, learn more about daily care for horses, get the chance to see a horse vet's life
Help
taking care of the horses (feeding, mucking out, bring them on the pastures, help during treatments)
other operations, which can be needed on a farm (e.g. repairing fences)

Please read description above as well!
Languages spoken
German, English, a little bit French
Accommodation
you will have your own an own appartement in the first floor
What else ...
Please only non-smokers!
I'm a vegetarian, if you have problems with that please don't apply.
Really looking for people who can work independently, the place is very rural so just apply if you like that (Graz is by car 45 minutes away and by public transport 2 hours!!!). If you want to get to know the life at a horse farm and have no fear of physical work and animals, like the nature and can stay at home by your own, then you're very welcome and be part of our family during your stay. But if you want to have holidays, tourist around, go shopping every day (also grocery) or are afraid of hard work, then please save our time and your's as well and don't apply!
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
depends on the kind of help required and the weather - work with the horses must be done like scheduled, projects can be done by your calendar maximum 25 hours a week

Photos

one of our own foals

spring at vet stables

Routine scanning, done every four hours to catch ovulation

treating the mares - some need more assistance to get pregnant...

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As specialist for equine dentistry - there are plenty of Treatments to watch

help always needed when mare and foal are in stock

Feedback left by and about host (23)

01/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Martin & Nancy) for host

Wir waren im Juli für 2,5 Wochen bei Verena. Es war eine wundervolle Zeit. Wir haben uns von Beginn an sehr willkommen gefühlt. Wir haben die gesamte Zeit draußen in der Natur gearbeitet. Wir beseitigten rund um die Pferdekoppeln sämtliches Grünzeug und störende Äste, sorgten für einen Neuanstrich der Außenfassade vom Pferdestall bis hin zum… read more

(Excellent )

12/09/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Martin & Nancy)

Nancy and Martin were staying for two weeks on my farm and they were incredible helpful. I don´t think there are many workawayers which are that precise in fullfilling their tasks. Furthermore they have plenty of skills - repairing the fences, cutting trees, mucking out, painting walls, they were amazing - you can ask them almost everything and… read more

(Excellent )

14/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Eva)

We had some nice contact. Also via phone - but when I tried to reach Eva three days before we had our appointment she didn't respond. Also she didn't tell me earlier thar she might not show up.

(No show)

07/09/2018

Left by Workawayer (Mia) for host

I stayed at Verena’s place for a month and I really liked every single day. The estate is gorgeous and everyone who likes to spend time with animals and in nature will like it there.

The work was very interesting from working in the stables (mucking out, feeding the horses,…) to mowing the grass, painting the fence. However, Verena also let me go… read more

(Excellent )

07/09/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Mia)

What can we say about Mia. It was a pleasure to have her around. She is a open minded, top motivated and hard working young woman. Not only in our stable also in the vet clinic she did a great job, learning really fast and adjusting easy to all different kind of challenges.

(Excellent )

05/01/2018

Left by Workawayer (William) for host

I spent two very interesting weeks at Verena’s place. I started with several manual works such as, fence removing and repairing, feeding daily the horses and giving a care when necessary, mucking out, leading horses to pastures, grass mowing. During this time, I had the opportunity to develop new skills, and get to know a little bit more the… read more

(Excellent )

13/10/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (William)

William is rapidly understanding each task you give to him. He is the perfect allrounder and able to fit in everywhere.
No mather what we where asking him - he was always doing a great job. ( He did: gras mowing, rebuidling fences, taking car about our farm, painting, mucking out, cooking,....)
His language skills are amazing and he is jokes as… read more

(Excellent )

20/06/2017

Left by Workawayer (Regina) for host

Well, the first task I got after arriving there (the farm is like somewhere in nowhere) was to cuddle the foals whenever I was bored. That was definitely the best job I ever got in my life! But it was also the easiest job while I was there.
Daily, I had to feed the horses twice a day and lead them to the pasture. On weekends, it was my turn to… read more

(Excellent )

23/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Paul)

Paul sponatneously joined us in April and May. It took him some days to adjust himself to the "farm life" but when he left after 6 weeks we where really missing him. Although he came from a huge city he felt comfortable at our quiet farm, often taking some relaxing moments in our garden. He was great in doing garden work as mowing and planting… read more

(Very good )

14/04/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Radu)

Radu is an inspiring person. He came spontaneously and although he did not have experience with horses he did an amazing job. My horses were loving his calm and soothing aura and I was impressed by his ability to learn so much in a pretty short time. After three days he knew all their names and was able to do everything alone. The work he did was… read more

(Excellent )

12/04/2017

Left by Workawayer (Radu) for host

For me the experience from Verena's farm really meant alot. When i arrived there i found myself surrounded by beautiful hills, valleys and forests, friendly animlals, tasty healthy food, an amazing host and alot of other nice people. Everything there was quiet and peaceful, bringing me closer to nature and inspiring me to aproach or at least… read more

(Excellent )

14/04/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Stéphanie)

Stephanie was staying on our farm for four weeks, helping with feeding, mucking out and "getting the farm ready", doing pretty exact and properly.

(Very good )

28/03/2017

Left by Workawayer (Stéphanie) for host

I arrived home yesterday after a 3,5 week stay at Verena's place and I had a very nice time.
Verena messaged me while I was volunteering with another host, which was a far from nice experience, so I decided to leave and visit Verena instead.
Verena created a very comfortable place for WorkAwayers on the second floor of her house, where there is a… read more

(Very good )

15/02/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Sarah)

Sarah is an open-minded, friendly and helpful person. She had a very good feeling for our hourses, played with the foals as well as practiced natural horsemanship with the older horses. She has a very good work attitude, she listens carefully, if you ask her for something, she is doing it carefully and exactly the way you explained it. She had no… read more

(Excellent )

20/11/2016

Left by Workawayer (Lysanne) for host

I stayed at Verena's farm for almost 4 weeks and I had such an amazing time. The work I had to do was mucking out on saturday and sunday, mowing the grass everyday until I was finished with all the fields and the garden, feeding the horses in the morning + evening and also putting them out on the fields and putting them back in.
While I was… read more

(Excellent )

03/10/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Lysanne)

Lysanne came to us on short notice, which showed her flexibility and we're glad that she decided to make the trip. She is a very nice and supportive person. During her stay she helped us with different tasks at the farm, where she had to make her own hours and this worked out fine. Additional she played a bit with the foals and took care of the… read more

(Excellent )

12/06/2016

Left by Workawayer (Andrea) for host

It was amazing experience. I stayed in Verena's place for 6 weeks and I learned a lot about horses. Stable is located in a beautiful and quiet place. Verena is amazing person, I had so much fun when I lived in her place. The work is not hard, daily feeding a horses, bring them on the pastures and some other works like mowing and repairing fences.… read more

(Excellent )

07/06/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Andrea)

It was such a pleasure to have Andrea and her sweet dog at the farm. Andrea is very supportive, she gives always her best, if you give her task to do, there will never be a complain and it doesn't matter if she hasn't done things like that before. She is a quick learner. Last but NOT least she always has a smile on her face and is friendly. We are… read more

(Excellent )

17/03/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Lisa)

Lisa stayed at the farm for 3 weeks. She was very interested in my daily business as a vet, so I tried really to give her the chance to get to know as many things as possible about the job. She took care of the farm 10 days alone while I was on a business trip and she managed that quite well. Lisa is really a nice and friendly person and I can… read more

(Very good )

16/03/2016

Left by Workawayer (Lisa) for host

To be honest, my stay at Verena’s place was a bit different than I imagined, but it turned out to be great! On the ranch, I worked (and ate) on my own almost all the time, which was quite hard in the beginning and might not suit everyone, but I got to know a lot of interesting and talkative people and spent most of the time with Gorbi the cat and… read more

(Very good )

30/08/2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Marek)

Great! Marek was doing a really good job.
He was always helpful and able to work independently using his personal skills.
Because he was in a good mood every day we enjoyed working together with him.
Thank you!

(Excellent )

20/08/2015

Left by Workawayer (Marek) for host

This farm is great if you want to learn a new stuff about horses since Verena (the owner of the farm) is a vet and you can not only see but you can also assist her when treating ill horses. Place is quiet and set above a small village. Verena is a nice person who can help you learn German and easy going people around her can teach you some stuff… read more

(Excellent )

26/05/2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Paul)

Pall was the first workawayer at the place and it was such a pleasure to have him around. He was very friendly, open-minded and helped whenever he could. He worked independently and had no troubles with new tasks. Thank you for the good experience.

(Excellent )

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