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We are Marco and Christine a couple originally from Switzerland/Germany living and working in Northern Sweden with our Alaskan Huskies, some chickens and our crazy Jack Russell Terrier Flocki.
While working mostly summertime, Marco in the forrest and me, Christine as a doctor we train our dogs in the autumn and winter with the big goal to run the long distance races in Scandinavia.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Interests
Mountain
Pets
Farming
Languages
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Books
Animals
Winter sports
Outdoor activities
Nature
Hiking
Camping
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We work and live in Sweden, speaking Swedish fluently, we can learn you to care for racing sleddogs and how to train them. If you stay the whole training sseason (August to March/April) or if you already have experience it is possible to train by yourself or even to participate in one of the shorter (120-350km) scandinavian sled-dogs races.
We have great nature here and many possibilities for outdoor activities.
The next village is Åsele, about 20km away. It is only a small village but we can buy food and fuel there and occasionally a pizza. There is even a health center.
We hope to meet an open person who likes animals and the daily chores around them and we would even like to learn more of the country you come from.
Projects involving children
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Help
We would like to have some help with our huskies like help with training, feeding, socializing with puppies, dogwalks, cleaning the kennels, feeding the chickens but even household chores like vacuuming, cooking in turns for everyone, cleaning after cooking and other things normal if living together.
We don't do tourist tours but long distance racing requires many hours of training and because of that we mostly need help with feeding and cleaning and cuddling and playing with the dogs and someone who is home when we are away racing or training for shorter periods. It would even be nice to come home for a warm meal sometimes.
When we are away there is always someone in the village who can help if there is much snow, problems with the dogs or any other problems.
You don't have to work on you own as long as we are home and the volunteers who were with us before were part of the family sharing the chores around the dogs and the house.
If you are keen in learning to run/train sleddogs than we are more than happy to show you but this ist not a must. The same with learning to drive a snowmobile and trail grooming.
General maintenance like repairing or painting doghouses and so on, but only in the summer.
Most of the time we can work together but it is important that you are able to be/work on your own, too.
There will be a lot of free time for you and even when we are away it is perhaps 2-3 hours to take care of feeding the dogs and chickens.
Our chickens are only for company and eggs.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
2 bed cabin (bunkbeds), own shower and toilet with electric waterheater, pentry kitchen with microwave and tableoven, heating with wood.
Washing machine and oven in the mainhouse.
Would be nice to share preparing of meals or cooking in turns, but even to eat seperately some days.
What else ...
Things you can do while living with us: Summer and autumn: long walks, hiking, running, biking, canoeing, fishing swimming in the river we live by or many of the lakes.
Winter: dogsledding, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, icefishing.
The whole year: dogcuddling.
Car for to go shopping or small excursions accessible.
There is a busstation in Åsele and the nearest airports are Umeå or Lycksele/Vilhelmina.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Periods without power, so no wifi.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Needs to be discussed before arrival.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Flocki
