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We are a racing kennel with more then 40 Alaskan Huskies. We train our dogs for long distance racing at the highest level. The kennel is owned by Stein and Siri. Stein has over 40 years experience with breeding, training, and racing sled dogs. He competes in Scandinavia's major sled dog races. We have both young dogs and racing veterans.
Taking care of so many dogs takes a lot of time! Therefore, we have a small team of handlers to support us. The whole team is equally involved in all aspects of running the kennel.
Alaskan Huskies are bred for racing, so as an athlete they do what they love most; run!
They are full of energy, happy, extremely social and loyal.
As our helper, you will have lots of adventure with the dogs, get to experience their unconditional love and bond with them. You will get to drive and train your own team and discover the beautiful landscapes of Norway.
Since it takes a while to get to know the dogs and get used to our routines, we prefer long term helpers, at least three month. However, we do consider short term help sometimes, to fill in the gaps.
For the upcoming period, we would really appreciate a handyman, as we are doing some restoring of an old house on the farm.
We prioritize single helpers.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You will learn a lot about dogs/huskies and sled dog training and racing. In a short time you will learn how to drive your own dogteam trough beautiful landscapes. Adventures guaranteed! You will live close to nature and learn a lot about the outdoors and countrylife. We always try to create a good group from different nationalities, so that we can learn from each others life and culture.
Aide
Helpers are involved in all daily activities like training the dogs, preparing dogfood, feeding, freerunning and socializing puppies(playtime!). In winter season, you will also have a chance to come along- and assist at the races.
In spring, summer and fall, the dogs are trained with an ATV, therefore helpers need to have a drivers license. Every summer we have1- 2 litters of puppies. Helpers have an important role in socializing and bringing up these dogs from pups to grown sleddogs.
During the summer season, we also do general mainttenance on the farm. Therefore it is crucial that you know how to handle a tool.
Like in every house hold, helpers are expected to contribute in cooking, shopping groceries and cleaning up after themselves.
We are looking for helpers who are open minded, are able to work in a team, spread joy and not afraid of getting their hands dirty.Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Norwegian: Courant
Allemand: IntermédiaireHébergement
We are located in Tufsingdalen. A perfect place for peace-seekers and nature-lovers. We have a small house for our helpers (we normally have two helpers at a time) with each their own sleepingroom.
Autres infos...
In winter you will have the opportunity to do cross-country skiing. This area is perfect for hiking in spring, summer and fall. We are located by the river, Tufsinga, close to big lake of Femund, wich is lovely for canoeing and fishing.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
5 hours per day, 25 hours a week
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Siri and Stein are so welcoming, warm hearted and they're sharing there incredible mushing life in that beautiful place in middle of the nature. It was a lot of fun to help during a race, take care of all the lovable 40… read more
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Siri and Stein are so welcoming, warm hearted and they're sharing there incredible mushing life in that beautiful place in middle of the nature. It was a lot of fun to help during a race, take care of all the lovable 40… read more
Before coming, I only did two trips in tourist kennel. But trust me, it has nothing to do with what they are doing !
Siri and Stein are both amazing person. Always calm and so kind with people and the dogs. You can see that they love… read more
We have a racing kennel for sleddogs, with more than 40 Alaskan Huskies. Andrea has participated in the daily care of the dogs, and she has shown great care for them. She has been feeding, training and given each idividual dog love and care. Andréa is a person you can trust. If we had… read more
I stayed for more than 6 months with… read more
I had an amazing time with Siri, Stein, the other workawayers and the dogs.
It was my first workaday and absolut amazing experience.
The nature and the silence there is absolut beautiful.
It is a really hard work with the dogs, but it is also a work that makes fun.
But you work… read more
We are a racing kennel for sleddogs, with more than 40 Alaskan Huskies. Tomas has participated in the daily care of the dogs, and he has shown great care for them. He has been feeding, training and given every one of the individual dog… read more
At the beginning I'd like to say this was my second experience with workaway and it totally overtook my first one. In good way, of course.
I stayed little bit more than two months.
What I can say, only I swear that the evidence that I… read more
He immediately found his place in our group, and showed great… read more
Concerning the work,… read more
This place is Just magical
The house is surounded by river, lake and forest
Waking up seeing norwegian sunrise
Enjoying the quietness watching the birds if ur lucky u can see the Falcon who has a nest 30meter from the house the squirrel coming evry day for the organic leftovers
Also the perfect place to spot a… read more
Siri + Stein and their 50+ Alaskan Huskies at the… read more
Training and taking care of 40+ sled dogs is a lot of work but… read more