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13 Mar 2024
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Description
All full up so no longer Looking for helpers starting in july to help out with daily farm chores and looking after farm animals and dogs.
Our ranch is in the North Thompson Valley in British Columbia where we raise fibre producing sheep, angora goats and alpacas. We have Great Pyrenees dogs to guard our sheep and border collies to move the livestock around. We are 45 minutes north of Kamloops, the same distance to Sun Peaks and a half hour to Wells Grey Park.
Daily ranch chores, herd health, caring for livestock and farm dogs, processing wool, carpentry, house chores, help in the kitchen and any special projects going on at the time...always lots to learn!
Look forward to hearing from you.
LaurieTypes of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projectsAnimal CareFarmstay helpCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn how to care for livestock on a daily basis and special care for newborn animals. Tractor driving, haying skills, wool processing and other projects depending on time of year.
Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
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All full up so no longer Looking for help in July with livestock care, farm chores, herd health and care of farm dogs. Always ongoing projects like carpentry, haying or help in the house depending upon a persons skill set and the time of year.. If you are interested in learning new skills you can find that here at our Ranch.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
4 bedroom house
RenumerationWhat else ...
The North Thompson is in a beautiful valley and our Ranch borders the North Thompson River. Sun Peaks ski resort is an hour away and Wells Gray Park is close by as well. .
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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If you get a chance to host these two gals you can't go wrong.
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If you get a chance to host these two gals you can't go wrong.
They are… read more
Lots of beautiful animal's to work with and so much to learn.
We stayed for a month and a half, and had a good experience.
Learned many new skills, and made new friends.
Laurie always provided lots of hot food, and lots of hot chocolate😋
Staying at the ranch was such an interesting experience!
I learned about ranching in general, I got to watch little lambs be born and helped take care of them!
Laurie was a great host and I met wonderful people there.
Lots of love!
Niki has a warm thoughtful personality and she's welcome back here anytime!
My experience should be rated into 2 parts as I had to interrupt my 3… read more
She dug right in here to help with daily farm chores, herd Heath, caring for the dogs and help in the kitchen. She is a very fast learner and when it comes to handling livestock she is a natural! Her skills with handling dogs are also… read more
We never learned so much in just a couple weeks before!
We helped with pretty much everything on the farm: walking and feeding dogs, feeding the chickens, refilling water buckets for the animals (when ist was freezing), placing hay, taking care of the puppies… read more
I learned so much about lambing and farm life. Plus, we had a great team with a great atmosphere which made it really difficult to leave.
Take care of Janet and Annie and all the dogs, I hope… read more
Besides lambing related work, we… read more
She has a nice and… read more
There was always something different to do and we leant a ton about the animals the maintenance of them. It was also great to be left to do the chores ourselves, the work is straight forward and there’s always a side project that can bit… read more
I have learned so many things there, managing tractors, cleaning barns, taking care of dogs goats and sheep! I have had the chance to make a breeding preparations days and it was a real sport effort but you have to live that once in your life! There so many animals there and you’re really… read more
Laurie
Laurie
We had a lot fun with the other helpers and Laurie and she always helped us when we had some problems which we really appreciated. Finally we stayed in the… read more
I stayed during lambing season and it was a wonderful experience taking care about all these adorable new born lambs and goats. The work is… read more