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Look after our beloved hostel dog in Tirana

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The experience

Riza, our wonderful hostel dog, is looking for somebody to look after her full-time.

This includes walking and feeding her, giving her a lot of love, and treating her as your own during the time with her. Check the rest of the info for more details:)

What you offer

3 hours of help per day

Pet Sitting: Taking care of and looking after pets.

What you get

1 day off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English

Over 21 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Activities & Shift

Looking after Riza will consist of walking her for 10-20mins/day and feeding her twice a day. Please only apply if you have experience with reactive dogs, and let us know about this experience:))

Another part of this volunteer position is just generally looking after her well-being, checking in on her, tucking her into a nice blanket when she looks cold, letting her follow you around everywhere once she warms up to you, giving her extra comfort during storms (she is scared of heavy rain and thunder and likes to be around her comfort people) and becoming her person.

Riza has arthritis so she can not walk as much as what would make her happy anymore, which means we have to keep her entertained in different ways, such as using her brain instead of her body(snuffle mats, trick training, sniffing games, etc). Any new ideas are welcome:)

Rules

Riza does not like other animals so we look for a volunteer with experience with reactive dogs, as she may pull or bark when she sees another dog if she feels you are insecure on the other end of her leash. With a confident handler, she is perfect to pass by other dogs, only gets a bit excited when she sees a cat. So to ensure that both you and her are happy on walks, please only apply if you have some experience.

Our hostel is a vegetarian hostel so we also ask both guests and volunteers to not bring any meat inside.