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🐴 Help Care for 6 Horses and 3 Dogs this Winter in Beautiful in Ireland🐕

3.5
(3 reviews)3

The experience

We’re looking for an animal lover to help care for 6 horses and 3 dogs during the winter. Your tasks will include cleaning stables twice a day, turning horses out and bringing them back in, feeding and watering them, and doing groundwork in the arena. For the dogs, you’ll walk them, take them to the beach with me weekly, and keep them company during my work hours.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

What you get

1 day off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

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

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

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

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

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Help with horses early 8-10am Monday Wednesday and Friday help in evening when I get home 7-8pm for a bit. Help on other days hours are flexible.
Walk dogs, etc

Activities & Shift

I know you’ll want to explore Donegal this is best done Tuesdays and weekends when I am off work and can be at home with my 6 horses and 3 dogs. I have 2 bikes you can use and the bus is only 2 miles away I can leave you at when I’m not working.

Rules

No meat and no onions in my home please. No smoking in bedrooms. No abuse to pets. Kindness and love to them. The dogs are loud there is a gate in the hall you must step over to keep them out of your bedrooms and from escaping out of front door.