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Dog Caretaker 🐾

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The experience

In this position your job will be taking care of the dog and spending time with them, you can expect to cuddle and go on walks in the beautiful nature of northern Norway. If you want to you will also have the opportunity to learn how to train them (This is optional)

While here you will learn a lot about dogs body language and how to handle and meet their needs, we hope for people willing to help give our furry guests the best stay possible.

What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

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

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Norwegian

Between 18 and 30 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

European Union Passport

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

In exchange for free food and lodging we require assistance with care for the dogs. You will learn how to read dog body language, how to train dogs effectively for long term results ensuring you end up with a well mannered and stable dog.

You will start your stay by learning safety precautions and basic handling, we do not take dangerous dogs in however we want to give you the tools you need to handle any situation you may find yourself in.

While here you passively learn more about their behaviour and body language, dogs are very expressive but humans don't naturally pick up on a lot of their cues. While here you will be exposed to a large variety of dogs and learn to better understand them.

Our sole expectation of you is that you spend time with them and treat them with kindness, dogs are very loving and will often seek out your attention and company.

Activities & Shift

Our daily activities range from playing with the dogs to taking them on walks and training dogs. Shifts range from day to day depending on how many dogs we have at the school. As we are a dog school working with dogs we are very flexible and have no set in stone schedule, we often work around the dogs and are able to move things around to suit your personal needs and schedule.

Rules

You will be expected to clean after yourselves, this includes keeping shared spaces like the kitchen and bathroom clean. This means vacuuming, wiping off sinks and tables, cleaning up after yourself in general.

We do not allow punishments on dogs, this includes pinching, biting, kicking, slapping or any kind of infliction of pain or discomfort. We will teach you how to handle dogs safely and with care without causing discomfort to our furry guests.