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Hi there!

I'm Kyra, 23 years old and living in Switzerland (CH). I'm very passionate about horses and I'm in my third year of med school at the University of Zurich.
My big pride is a young irish cob gelding which I've bought as a yearling. After starting him on the ground and learning a lot about "breaking in" young horses abroad, I started him under the saddle. I've been training him since and went to some horsemanship and cattle clinics with him. If the shows will be able to take place this year, I'm aiming to show him in the early summer in trail riding, western horsemanship and maybe ranch riding.

As much as I love helping people and what I'm studying to become, I feel like I can't live my passion for horses in a way that would satisfy me. So I have decided, that during my semester breaks I will be trying to travel to places where it's all about horses and where I can further deepen my knowledge and hone my riding skills.

My previous workaway experiences with longer stays have brought me to:
- Canada's west, where I worked as the head wrangler on a guest trail ranch for 4 months
- Queensland in Australia, where I worked on a cattle station for 2 months as a general hand, herding, fencing, branding, training the ranch horses, etc. and 3 months at a quarter horse breeding stud, starting off yearlings and training the youngsters.
- Belgium, where I worked twice for a total of 2 months on a breeding stud for pleasure quarter horses, mainly training their 3-5 year olds.

Besides everything with and about horses, I like to interact with and meet new people, like kids (also babysit and give kids riding lessons) and all sorts of animals, enjoy baking and cooking, going on long runs and working out, don't mind getting my hands dirty and I just enjoy being outside in general.

I am in the possession of a driving permit and can also haul trailers.

I'm hard working, but my main goal is to learn as much as I possibly can. So as much as I love doing all sorts of things around a farm, I'm mainly looking for a place, where I can work with and around horses the majority of the time. I would also be very happy if I could find places, where I can get guidance where needed and inputs throughout the process. If you think that you can provide that, then I would be delighted to come and work with YOU!
Habilidades y conocimientos que quiero compartir o aprender
Me interesa:
Mantenimiento general
Trabajo de caridad
Enseñanza
Ciertos conocimientos de:
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Vida en una granja
Cuidado de animales
Práctica de idiomas
Puedo enseñar:
Cocinar para toda la familia
Que habilidades tienes?
Horse care and training, taking care of kids, helping out wherever help's needed, etc.
Idiomas hablados
Alemán: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Francés: Intermedio
Edad
24
Nacionalidad
Swiss/ Canadian
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As my studies are pretty time consuming during the semester, I can only travel during semester breaks. So as much as I'd probably love to stay longer, I'm rather limited in the amount of stay that I can stay away. But I'm eager to make the most of the time that I'm given!
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14/03/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Kyra)

Kyra is an absolute sweetheart! Hard working, kind, genuine, funny and easy to be around. We really enjoyed the time she spent with us - I learned lots from her about horses and training and I hope she will come back one day!

I was pretty hard on her one day when some things didn't go as planned and we had a sisterly type discussion/argument… read more

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15/11/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Kyra) para el anfitrión para (Husky and animal farm in ...)

I had a great time at Shellie and Joe's Kitsland farm. After a first very disappointing workaway place (which I left shortly after my arrival there) I ended up at their place and stayed for almost two months.
The two of them have a lovely house which they share with a bunch of dogs (all very friendly and with their own perks and personality), in… read more

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04/12/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Kyra) para el anfitrión para (Volunteer on our ...)

I've spent almost two months here and had a really good time.
I stayed there during fall and worked as a wrangler.
Some general things about the ranch: There's usually a fair bit of people around, which are
volunteering, especially during the main season (summer). Everybody has their own room
and the other facilities such as cook house, shower… read more

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09/09/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión (Beautiful Lakeside Living ...) para el workawayer (Kyra)

Kyra, Your amazing confident and enthusiastic energy fit in so well here. We loved meeting you and Fidel and I am so glad you succumbed to the pressure to come here and have a "real" visit with your boyfriend. You are an amazing young woman and will do great things in your life because of your willingness to learn, your fearless attitude and your… read more

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09/09/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Kyra) para el anfitrión para (Beautiful Lakeside Living ...)

For this workaway experience, I have been joined by my boyfriend, who visited me on my travels and we stayed here together for only a week. We have just left this beautiful place and Claire with her family, to visit the big city Vancouver. I haven't been sure beforehand, if it would be worth it, to go to a new place just for a week, but Claire… read more

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14/03/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Kyra)

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15/11/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Kyra) para el anfitrión para (Husky and animal farm in ...)

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04/12/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Kyra) para el anfitrión para (Volunteer on our ...)

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09/09/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión (Beautiful Lakeside Living ...) para el workawayer (Kyra)

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09/09/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Kyra) para el anfitrión para (Beautiful Lakeside Living ...)

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26/08/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Kyra) para el anfitrión para (Help with horses on our ranch ...)

I originally planned to stay on this ranch for almost two months and I was really looking forward to my time there and working with horses and seeing and learning how young horses are trained. Unfortunately though, I left after about 10 days, because it just wasn't what I was looking for.
The ranch is beautiful and so are the horses, but I… read more didn't like the way we were supposed to handle them. Totally green horses, that have just been fetched out on a big pasture were supposed to get a saddle and bridle on them, the day after being brought to the completely new environment on the ranch. The next day we were supposed to be sitting on them. It was just all happening too fast and without any time for meeting individual needs of the horses. For a fair share of the horses, this heave-ho method seemed to work out fairly well, but another part of the horses, the pure presence of humans was frightening, because they simply didn't trust us. And to prove them right in their mistrust by throwing a saddle on them right away and trying to ride them in such a short period of time, just broke my heart. I totally get it, that you can't pamper every one of the roughly 150 horses, but a little more time to do things right and in a speed in which the horses can learn and understand shouldn't be too much to ask for.
Another thing that was quite though for me, was that I got hardly instructed. There were already 3 workawayers on the ranch when I arrived and I just got a few things told the first day I started working. Afterwards I guess I was expected to just work, but I didn't really know WHAT to work and HOW to do things! The girl that arrived a little while after me, didn't really get instructed either and we were never really monitored. I think that's a problem of having so many workawayers at once and all the time. At some point you probably just get tired of saying the same thing over and over again. But I think it's not fair towards the people that come and want to work and learn, if they just don't get the guidance they'd need to do their job well.
Something else, that might seem kind of minor, but wasn't for me, is that I slept really bad at their place. So if you just sleep badly every night, at some point you can't focus properly anymore and I don't find this a good combination with working with young, sometimes unpredictable horses. We were sharing a room in the basement, without daylight and one small bathroom for all 5 people.
Don't get me wrong, Marilyn and Howard are really nice people. Marilyn is very caring and would make sure that everybody's looked after. Howard has a lot of stories to tell, is a great cook and has worked with horses all of his life. As well, the ranch and the surroundings are beautiful and I've gotten the chance to work with some really sweet horses. I'd just wish, that the training methods and the guidance of the volunteers would be better...

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