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Help training and preparing a team of Alaskan Huskys for races

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The experience

I'm looking for someone to help me take care of my 19 Alaskan Huskies and some puppies for the rest of this season. Basically it's almost 100% work with the dogs. Training them socializing, feeding, cleaning etc.
Experience working with dogs is a advantage but I can teach you everything about the dogs, driving sleds, etc ... as long as you a motivated and a fast learner.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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.

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.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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

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

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 19 and 32 years old

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

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Helping with the daily tasks around the dogs like feeding, training, socializing, cleaning etc. Also typically winter work like cleaning snow and making firewood.
Training up the new young dogs to be come good sleddogs will another main activity.
February and March is still some tours with guests, there help is needed with preparing the dogs for the tours but not directly with the customers / guiding.
April and May are no tours with guests this gives time for doing many outdoor activities like ice fishing on the lakes around, cross country skiing and of course training the adult and young dogs as they still want to run as long as we have enough snow around.

Activities & Shift

Short version is:
Feeding dogs in the morning
cleaning the kennels
Training dogs / doing tours with the dogs
Have the dogs free / play with the puppies
Feeding the dogs in the afternoon

Rules

No heavy drinking
No smoking
No pets

Should be okay with eating fish as we have plenty of fishes in the lakes round here.