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Horse Ranch Caretaker: Experience the Cowboy Life in Canada! 🐎🍁

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The experience

Travel to Canada and take part in our amazing Horse Ranch Canada project where you will volunteer to take care of horses. Here you get to experience to ride through the vast openness of Canadian backcountry while being a part of a local ranching family. If the country life is what you are in search for then your search is over!
Our Ranchstay programs was designed for the cowboy/cowgirl at heart.

What you offer

28 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 1095 One time

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: This goes towards accommodation, meals, airport pick up and transfers and 24/7 emergency services and support.

What you get

2 days 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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

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

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

This experience gives participants a chance to become involved with family activities. Volunteers have all access to all facilities of the ranch, i.e. riding their horses, driving the tractor and so much more! The program is not only about farming, it also entails a cultural exchange where candidates get a real inside feel of Canadian culture, mentality, etc. The family also takes participants along with them when they visit neighbors, do their grocery shopping or when they go to events like rodeos and community festivals.
So, for a minimum duration stay of 4 weeks with a maximum duration of 16 weeks. Come now and be surrounded by nature & wildlife and enjoy your everyday life at horse ranch!

Activities & Shift

This experience gives participants the chance to become involved with family activities of a horse ranch. Participants can utilize all facilities of the farm, i.e. riding their horses, driving the tractor etc. The program is not only about the horses; it is a cultural exchange program where candidates get a real inside of Canadian culture, mentality etc. The family takes candidates along when they visit neighbors, when they do their grocery shopping or when they go to events like rodeos, community festivals. Daily chores: Feeding and watering the animals cleaning of kennels & stables. Grooming during the spring and summer, walks during the spring and summer, maintenance of the stables (straw, fixing houses, cleaning up). There are additional daily duties which change with the seasons. Wood must be put on the fire first thing in the morning and last thing at night during the colder month

Rules

o Required to commit to a minimum of 4 weeks
o NO SMOKING is allowed on the property.
o Intermediate Horse Riding Skills Mandatory!
o Strong work ethics are required: reliable, responsible, honest, good sense of humour, dependable, physically and mentally fit.
o No animal allergies
o Extreme Weather (heat & cold), dirt and living in a remote area must be something you can handle.
o A love for animals and some general experience of caring for an animal is a must!
o Must read and agree to abide by guidelines and ethics
o Good communication skills and the ability to work alone
o intermediate knowledge of English or higher