Join family of 3 with two dogs and help out with some daily chores in the house in Alberta, Canada

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  Description

  We are a Danish family living in Canada, Me Anne (30), my husband Adrian (29), our 8 month old daugther and our two very busy border collies Elvis (5) and Dolly (2). We started out as workawayers ourselves 5 years ago here in Canada and we would love to give back to that community now that we are settled.
  We could always use an extra set of hands for help with the dogs, crazy small projects, going on hikes, camping and day to day chores.
  Adrian works as foreman assistant on a local feedlot and currently training our horse Rodger for work out there too.
  I stay at home with the rest of the family and run everything else.
  we aim for as much play time as possible!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You would have plenty of opportunity to explore the alberta prairie, you could learn camping skills, gardening, dog training and plenty of DIY projects as this is our thing.
  We love to use our free time for hiking and go on spontaneous trips to explore, which you could join at any time.

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  Help

  we are a busy family with two young border collies that used to work, so help is needed to exercise them and retrain them for town life. so lots of playtime with our dogs.
  We have a little 8 months old girl, so often my (annes) hands are tied up to do the proper exercising with them or i can only take one at a time, and they deserve so much more.
  they will go back to working in a few years, but my husbands job dont require a dog at the moment. Most days Adrian my husband is gone for 10-12 hours for work, so its just me with a kid and to hyper dogs.
  
  You could help with some daily chores in the house too, so there would be more time for play and go hiking.
  
  We are doing a tiny garden this year to provide extra food for the summer and we just really love growing our own food. So help with that would be great too.
  
  Honestly it wouldn't be much to help with other than being my extra set of hands day to day.
  As how our days are now, there is sometimes just not hours enough in a day for the fun stuff too with Adrian working the hours he does.

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  Languages spoken

  Danish: Fluent
  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  We have a spare room that is just sitting empty, that we would love to offer to other travelers. You would be sharing the rest of the house with our little family. the room can fit 1-2 persons or you are welcome to pitch a tent in our backyard.

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  What else ...

  There is plenty of stuff here to do, its an 25 minute drive in to Lethbridge, 1 hour 45 minutes to Waterton national park, 2 hours to calgary. 1 hour 45 to writing on stone provincial park.
  There is a local swimmingpool, lakes to explore, wildlife to see.
  
  We do live in a small town, but there is stuff to do and i go several times a week to Lethbridge where you can come with us if you don't have a car on your own.
  
  As this is a kid friendly home we dont allow Drugs or big amounts of alcohol in the house. No smoking.
  to enjoy a beer once in a while is totally fine. Thank you

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week