High Mountain Dressage offers the opportunity for a working student position.
Conditions:
- minimum age 18
- drivers licence
- must speak English or German
- must be able to work in a team - no divas please! :)
- experience with horses is helpful but not necessary
- we provide food, accommodation and riding lessons in exchange for horse-related-work (6 hrs a day, 5 days
per week - hours can be arranged in agreement with all parties)
- transportation (airfare or car, shuttle bus from/to airport) is responsibility of working student
- must be health insured (Germans can get an 'Auslandskrankenversicherung' easily in every travel agency)
- minimum stay 6 weeks, preferred are 2 - 3 months
- work: grooming, tack and stall cleaning, tacking/untacking/bathing the horses, walk-warmup and cooldown
(depending on your riding skills and experience), travel to and help at shows, roundpen work and lunging
(also depending on your comfort, experience and skill level), handwalking, feeding, jump/ground pole setup
Working Student Gallery:
Anna L. from Hannover, GER Anna M. from Freudenstein, GER
January through March 2009 April through June 2009
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