volunteer
For you who live in the area and who prefer to give the gift of time and talent rather than send a check, we offer a number of options.
Dreamtime
is in need of your labor to assist with the many projects being planned.
We need tractors
and operators, as well as people skilled at construction work, to help
with the building of
a combined pole barn and equipment shed. The stalls will house our two
blind horses, Hope and Joe, and their elderly companions. We
have built the first of several planned dog shelters and need workers to
help with the building of
the remaining structures and to build fence around the compound to
separate the dogs from the four horses living in the pasture around the
house.
We need
people willing and able to clear fence and the north pasture of
water-seeking brush. There
is occasionally a need for two
or three people who are experienced animal caregivers and
who would receive further training by Nancy to take on feeding for a few
days when she needs
to leave town for business or personal reasons.
Dreamtime
has applied for a grant to build an outdoor cattery. If we receive that
grant we will need
volunteers who are experienced with cats to help build this dream house
for cats.
Since the drought has taken it's toll on Dreamtime's pastures we would be grateful to find a volunteer experienced in pasture recovery to improve the possibility of future grazing.
Dreamtime
has 10 wonderful dogs, each with their own great personalities and their
own stories to tell. Their needs are grooming and trips to the vet for
their rabies vaccine. (Nancy gives the annual vaccinations herself.) Now
mind you, not one of these beasties weighs
under 30 pounds. The cats are smaller, but they have similar needs. Their
crates, carriers and bedding are in need of periodic cleaning.
There
is a need of general barn clean-up and organization, the cleaning of water
and feed troughs. Horse blankets to be washed occasionally.
Those of you that have knowledge and experience of farm life or just having animals as pets know full well that taking care of them is an ongoing project. Nancy has done quite well over the years and certainly deserves some help, if there is a time space that you could give, an item, ideas or knowledge you could share with Dreamtime let us hear.
animal tales
hugs and kisses
bea and andrew
joe and hope