It must have been a great feeling, Diane! May I ask how many lessons (days) you took with Jinger to get her to this stage?
Hi Joanie, I never thought of making a cheat sheet, but that's a great idea. What did you have in mind? An A4 page with short sentences of each...
Hi @LlamaLady, here in Australia, we have several diagnostic labs to which you can post your alpaca poos. They test them and report the findings...
Hi Marty, thanks for responding and sharing your experience. I agree with you: my alpaca experience has been very labour-intensive too, as I...
Has anyone here changed their goals and camelid journey, from initial business/selling alpacas/showing/breeding to then stopping that and just...
Thank you, John and Marty, for confirming my initial thoughts. Your explanation of learned helplessness helps, too, Marty.
The following photo is from a breeder on social media. This way of "training" alpacas is very common in Australia too. What would be the...
Hi Marty, thanks for this. So I went to the field and tried to load the clicker and use it with one of my alpacas, but he didn't approach me. I...
Hi Marty, why do you suggest the clicker training in a field rather than catch pen? Should I start the clicker training with food only? Once they...
Thanks for this advice, Marty. I do have a clicker kit from you which I bought form Alicia in Australia, but I haven't used it yet. I'll read the...
Hi Marty and friends, I hope you can help me troubleshoot and find a way to work with two alpacas who walk very well once the halter is on, but...
Thanks, Marty. I tend to agree with you. Looking forward to finally meeting you at Mullacott in October!
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