Husky Guide Internships

Intensive skills-based internships for those wanting to experience mushing or develop professional husky-guiding skills.

Unfortunately, we don't offer traditional husky farm volunteer roles (apart from for local kids). Rather, we offer 1 month trainee placements and accept 3-month + internships (through CAMP Arctica Ltd), to complement our 'day in the life of' programmes, our more relaxed autumn-training weeks and our intensive guide-training weeks. The internships and training courses are designed for those interested in either experiencing the world of mushing or developing professional husky guiding skills.

Intensive, skills-based, theoretical and practical training
Work alongside guides across all aspects of farm and dog life
Standard placement 3 months (occasionally 1 month minimum)
Application procedure to ensure a good fit on both sides

What the internships involve

All internship programs offer intensive, skills-based training combining theory and practice. Interns work alongside guides, developing skills in everything from basic dog training to safari guiding, food hygiene, safety management, marketing and animal husbandry.

There is an application procedure to ensure both sides will benefit and that you'll be a good fit within the team. We make every effort during this process to ensure you know what you're getting into. Life here is intensely 24/7 dogs, and while some of the work is intensely attractive, other parts are extremely repetitive.

Placement lengths

The standard placement is three months, although we occasionally accept people for a minimum of one. Those interested in longer placements or a gap-year experience have a separate application process, and references are required. Veterinary professionals and building experts with skills of particular interest to us are very welcome and may be accepted for shorter periods than generalists. We also need well-rounded individuals who can turn their hand to many tasks.