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Paid Work in BC's Backcountry near Blue River, BC, Canada
*️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️Currently we are looking for paid helpers who would spend time living and working at a lakeside cabin. The paid opportunity is for well-paid work from JUNE to SEPTEMBER working in BC Parks Backcountry. Looking to hire one couple who have their own RV/van OR are willing to live with simple amenities in a lakeside cabin. A semi-remote location with world-class wilderness and scenery. You must have a current work visa.
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You must embody a strong, confident personality as you will be the leader of the pack!
Helpers who are vegetarian or willing to adapt to a vegetarian (plus diary & egg) diet will be given preference.
We may be delayed in response time but please contact us with how soon you are able to head to our area.
My partner and I share our lives and our home with a sled dog team! I speak English and my partner speaks German/English. We are located halfway between Clearwater and Blue River, B.C. This is a remote location so you must be happy to live in a solitary environment. Trips to town are typically only once per month.
The team currently consists of ten very happy Siberian huskies, who live indoors with us in a cozy wooden cabin. There is an outdoor running area for the dogs but they love lying on their beds warming up next to the wood burning stove. The number one priority for us is that our dogs are taken care of completely and with much love, respect and attention. They are more than just sled dogs to us and must be treated as such. A natural affinity and love for animals, especially dogs, is a must. You must be mentally confident and physically capable to handle strong, intelligent dogs in a pack environment.
Our cabin is off grid but we do have a generator and solar panels which power limited WiFi, electricity and a tv. We enjoy watching movies now and then, and own an extensive dvd collection, however, we must admit that we prefer to listen to music instead. At night the cabin is lit by candle light and headlamps are supplied. We have a gas powered shower so it is possible to heat water and have hot showers. We also have a wood-stove sauna if you are so inclined.
In your spare time, you can relax in our cabin, have a steam bath in the wood burning sauna, go zen in our solarium, play with the dogs and take photographs of the picturesque surroundings. There are lots of woodland paths to explore!
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Apart from teaching you to live in harmony with a pack of sled dogs, we are happy to teach off-grid existence in a low-to-no power atmosphere where water conservation and heating by wood stove is the way of our world. We hope that you will appreciate Mother Nature in all her glory and power and learn to respect the basics of survival in the forest away from most amenities.
All of humanity could learn so much more, if we would only listen to our dogs....L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum
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Duties are: running the dog team, feeding of the dogs, dog yard poop duty, doggy sitting and generalized dealing with garden chores: mowing, weed whacking, tidying the cabin and guest cabin. Chainsaw experience and/or carpentry skills would be a bonus as we are in the midst of some building projects :)
A valid driving license and your own vehicle would be beneficial if you would like paid work....but also because you might have to go grocery shopping or in case of emergency wherein you need to get to town services. We will need help with the supervising of the dogs, keeping the cabin and surrounding yards tidy, building renos, repair and maintenance, (If you are so skilled: chain-sawing of trees off trails, chopping wood, small engine and/or vehicle repair).
There is minimum supervision so you must be a self-motivated individual who can complete each job when necessary. There is no fixed schedule, but there are a number of daily tasks which need to be completed each day.
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TAKING CARE OF THE DOGS.
Some days your daily tasks might be running the sled dog team, tidying of the cabin, brushing of dogs, dog yard chores, trail grooming. It depends on what needs to be done on the day.
We also like to promote our arts & crafts day where you are encouraged to draw or paint or sculpt or ???? anywhere in our cabin....even on our walls!
DAILY/WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Running the sled dog team
Helping with the building renos
Vehicle/small engine repair or maintenance (if you are so skilled)
Trail grooming
Chopping Wood
Gardening
Scooping Poop
Feeding Dogs
Brushing Dogs
Cleaning Cabin
Helping around the House
Heavy Lifting
Meal preparation (for yourselves)
LOTS of doggy Cuddles :)
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Hébergement
We are currently seeking help with the expansion of our guest cabin. Once completed it will comfortably house two people for the winter. It has a sleeping loft, living space and woodstove. Soon it will also have its own solarium/kitchen area as well :)
You will have either your own private room with a double bed in our cabin or a semi-private bed area in the solarium - dogs are not allowed into the guest room; it is a dog hair-free zone! You may even opt to sleep with the dogs in front of the woodstove :)
There is a large living room/kitchen with tables, couches, cushions and blankets which creates a nice ambiance to relax with the dogs or in front of the fire. We also have a newly decorated solarium where you can exercise, do yoga or meditate.
We have a gas stove, fridge and cupboards for your food. You will have to do your own cooking, but we are happy to provide vegetarian food supplies in exchange for your services.
The indoor bathroom is for limited use so people must not be adverse to using an outdoor 'loo', which is a clean and tidy compost toilet.
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Our cabin is quite remote so we would prefer if you have your own transportation or else own a valid driving license so that you can drive our vehicle while you are here.
We are very easy going, friendly and enjoy meeting new people. We are also vegetarians and find it easy to supply what we already prefer to eat (obviously...ha ha). We are open to accepting a single Workawayer, but if you are a couple, please contact us about the possibilities. We do like friendly, hard working people so if we have the room and you have the means to feed yourselves, we will accept more people. If you are coming to stay here, we can promise you a happy, positive environment with lots of friendly huskies but we will need your help to keep our house running. This will involve a certain amount of heavy lifting and hard labour, but there will be plenty of leisure time too.
Since all of our dogs live indoors, this position would not be suitable for anyone with dog fears, allergies or issues with dog hairs or dog poop. You will be spending a lot of time with the pack!
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 ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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We spent almost 2 months here in a wild and beautiful place with our hosts Dana and Stefan. We didn’t know much about sled dogs before but our integration in the life of the pack have been really easy.
We quickly found our way and started to participate to the daily… read more
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We spent almost 2 months here in a wild and beautiful place with our hosts Dana and Stefan. We didn’t know much about sled dogs before but our integration in the life of the pack have been really easy.
We quickly found our way and started to participate to the daily… read more
Of course a genuine love and interest for the dogs is essential and you'll get so much love from these beautiful huskies in return!!
Stefan and… read more
I spend one month here and I will never ever forget this experience.
Every single day at that place is memorable. Because of dogs, because of beautiful nature, because of Dana.
If I would have to spend money to stay with the pack and get these memories, I would never regret it. Because it is not about work. My days in there… read more
I felt as if I had known George my whole life and would highly recommend his help… read more
I was cutting wood, shoveling snow, and taking care of the dogs, while Dana was recovering.
I enjoyed every second of it :)
Dana is easy going, and very helpful! She is energetic, honest and never the less she has good taste in… read more
Most of our time is spent enjoying the surroundings, going for walks in the snow, hugging the dogs in front of the fire and sledding through… read more
