Marion

WHY I WANT TO HOUSE/PET SIT:
I think it is an amazing possibility to travel as you can immerse in the locals while having a meaningful task bonding with animals which also keep you active.
By now I have done my first cat/housesit in Montreal - it was great!

MY EXPERIENCES:
After school I was an aupair girl in the States and I used to organize my daily routine with aupair girls when the kids were little and I had to study/work. So I am very familiar with the helper-live-in-position and because of this I know that the most important thing is reliability and responsibility.
As I was a single mother of 4 kids owning a big house with a big garden I am pretty experienced taking care for a house and doing some gardening. When I was a child/teenager we used to have a dog, quite a few cats and some birds and I did some horse back riding. While I was married we had an aquarium with a variety of small fishes. My best friend's dog I helped taking care of while she suffered from cancer and were not able to do it anymore. My neighbors have some rabbits I took care of a few times when they were on holidays.
Here in Canada - I worked for a musher for 5 weeks in NWT- my first HelpX experience - with 36 dogs - and it was GREAT! :-) I watered and fed the dogs daily, took the retired and the sick dog for long walks, helped training the sleddogs every other day, took care for the kennels twice a day and helped educating the puppies. I fell in love with the dogs right away and it was hard to leave them... (Reference on 3rd picture)
I also worked on a horse farm in Port Hope for 1,5 months, taking care for their horses and dogs.

ABOUT MYSELF:
I am from Germany, born in 1971.
As I got my children quite young I am now catching up what you usually do between 20 and 30: Exploring the world :-)
My 4 children and my 2 stepchildren are grown up and have all moved out. I am still „young“, like adventures, like trying out new things, I‘m positive with a good sense of humour, I‘m active and I need meaningful tasks :-) I don‘t smoke or drink. I love the outdoors, the forest... the mountains... the sea... and I like every season the same. I love hiking and climbing and I practise Yoga. I like reading, practicing to play the guitar since one year and I love to paint - I attend art classes regularly. I don't have a pet myself because I am too much away from home - a pet shouldn't be given away somewhere all the time, should be able to rely on its owner taking care for it most of the time. And that is something what I can not provide right now. When I will be more "settled" I want to have a dog myself one day....
I first became a banker. 10 years later I studied Mathmatics, Economics and Informatics and became a teacher. I tought 20yrs. Now it’s time for a change again. I have realized that I have lost my connection to nature over the years, and I want to reconnect… that’s why I have done a training as a hiking and nature tour guide and that’s why I want to work/help and learn In a natural environment and/or with animals and gain experiences, while immersing to the locals, their experiences, lifestyles. What I am gonna do next as my profession… I don’t know yet… I now wanna gain experiences, getting to know different people, cultures, lifestyles, … inspiration… And then maybe one day my new vocation will find me :)
I am well organized - open minded- empathetic- willing to adapt and to learn what is required.

2024
Traveling for 3 months (until the end of December) through Canada (NWT, QC, ON) while using HelpX, HousesittersCanada and Couchsurfing.
I am fully booked now for 2024.

2025
I am planning to go back to Canada in October 2025. Maybe see you then?