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Description
I have a non professional kennel of 24 Alaskan Huskies around Fox Lake, 50km north to Whitehorse. With my partner Didier, we used to be competitive mushers but the kennel is recreational for 1 year
This is not a business
I am expecting the workawayer I host to be a part of my family and share my everyday life. Yukon lifestyle very specific due to the weather conditions so if you're not familiar with it there is a lot of things to learn and I will be very happy to be your teacher!.
For the winter, I will prefer someone to stay a long period (October/November to March); for the summer, at least two weeks
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I am expecting the workawayer I host to be a part of my family and share my everyday life. Yukon lifestyle very specific due to the weather conditions so if you're not familiar with it there is a lot of things to learn and I will be very happy to be your teacher!. Obviously you will learn how to take care of my 24 sled dogs and myself! :-) I'm doing a lot of things by myself in the property so I will be very happy to share what I know to do and very happy to learn from the worker. I think that we can learn a lot from other people experiences!
Help
I'm living a backcountry lifestyle in the Yukon as a musher so there are various farming tasks to do such as:
- dogs feeding,
- dog yard cleaning
- dog petting (very important!)
There are also some general tasks to do, depending on the season
- firewood cutting (winter)
- snow shovelling (winter)
- gardening (summer)
- general maintenance (painting during the summer for example)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
The helper will have its own cosy cabin (with view on the dog yard!), fully furnished, with a woodstove, one bedroom and one kitchen. I will give you a budget for the food and you will cook by yourself. Of course, we will share some meals together!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours/day, 5 days/week
Feedback (2)
I enjoyed my 3 week stay at her nice place in the woods and it was great to get a snapshot of life as a musher and getting to know the dogs!
Thanks for making it home for a few weeks and teaching me about your lifestyle, it was very… read more
-EVERYDAYLIFE:
First of all be sure you will live there a true Yukon lifestyle and you will fall in love with it!
Each day, we had to feed the dogs twice a day and clean the dog yard (straw, poops, snow). We did a lot of others things around the dogs such as meat cutting, dogs… read more
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I enjoyed my 3 week stay at her nice place in the woods and it was great to get a snapshot of life as a musher and getting to know the dogs!
Thanks for making it home for a few weeks and teaching me about your lifestyle, it was very… read more
-EVERYDAYLIFE:
First of all be sure you will live there a true Yukon lifestyle and you will fall in love with it!
Each day, we had to feed the dogs twice a day and clean the dog yard (straw, poops, snow). We did a lot of others things around the dogs such as meat cutting, dogs… read more
