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Date: September 1, 2007
Topic:
Lead
Training - It's Many Issues
We are new in the alpaca business; we have purchased
three young ones along with two pregnant females.
We have been working with the little ones to lead
and seem to go good. Then one will decide to go up
on her back feet. How can this habit be broke? The
other female will lead and then go into a stage of
throwing herself around and pulling on the lead.
I have a young male that does pretty good leading
but I am not able to touch his back legs. What do I
need to do to make him feel comfortable with my
present on the back side? I have been reading your
articles, but have not really found one that gives
me suggestion on how to go about the process.
In my purchase of the animals, I have one female
that is from Chile and she will not lead. I have
been told that she will never be able to lead. This
makes things hard when a person needs to do herd
health. I need to get her to the scales and etc.
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Also the other female seems to have a bad attitude
and will spit on people at times. I find this hard
to have people to visit, I always worry about
someone getting spit on, is there a good way to
break her of this bad habit?
I would like very much to attend one of your
seminars, but I have not seen one for my surrounding
area that would be close to travel. How can a
person arrange to have a seminar in a location?
Thank-you for any advises that you can supply me
with to make my new experience better.
You have asked a lot of questions! It seems that
you need to get my book the Camelid Companion and
read it cover to cover. You can get my book from my
website
www.camelidynamics.com or many other places. My
book will answer your questions in more detail that
I can address here. I would also suggest coming to
a clinic so that you can learn some new handling
techniques. A few comments to get you started. |
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Marty McGee
Bennett has devoted her professional life to the well being of llamas and alpacas and the education of camelid enthusiasts. Over the years Marty has been a llama breeder, conference organizer, board member, fiber artist, and most
importantly trainer and teacher. 
