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    Choosing and training the driving llama

    https://youtu.be/F-o3-ctj5_U We've been out of training for a month or two... this was a nice review, with a little help from my friends!
    Post by: maryvdb, May 4, 2015 in forum: Cart Driving
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    Choosing and training the driving llama

    These terrets are actually meant to be used on the wheel horse of a tandem hitch; but they seem to work well with a llama's head carriage. I like...
    Post by: maryvdb, Mar 14, 2015 in forum: Cart Driving
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    Choosing and training the driving llama

    I would love to see your article! I have noticed that Cruiser does better with a very light rein, not run through the terret on the saddle. I got...
    Post by: maryvdb, Mar 13, 2015 in forum: Cart Driving
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    Clicker training with Cruiser

    Thank you for the suggestions, Marty! I got "The Camelid Companion" less than a year ago, and got the catch pens set up last summer; that's when I...
    Post by: maryvdb, Mar 12, 2015 in forum: Applied Behavior Analysis / Clicker Training
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    Choosing and training the driving llama

    Hi all- I would really be interested in hearing about other people's experiences with training llamas to drive. I have been working with my...
    Thread by: maryvdb, Mar 12, 2015, 7 replies, in forum: Cart Driving
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    Clicker training with Cruiser

    Here's a clicker session with another of my packers, Wall-E. Little Wall-E has terrible conformation and is very undersized for a pack llama; but...
    Post by: maryvdb, Mar 12, 2015 in forum: Applied Behavior Analysis / Clicker Training
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    Clicker training with Cruiser

    This is Cruiser, a nine year old gelding that we pack with; he is also learning to pull a cart. Cruiser was very skittish and reactive when I got...
    Thread by: maryvdb, Mar 12, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: Applied Behavior Analysis / Clicker Training
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    Working with Reggie, a head-shy llama who doesn't think much of humanoids

    Thank you very much for the suggestions. I'll try the treat dish again; it always seems to be one more thing to juggle! Your books have been...
    Post by: maryvdb, Mar 11, 2015 in forum: Behavioral Challenges
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    Working with Reggie, a head-shy llama who doesn't think much of humanoids

    [media] I put the video on Youtube; maybe that will work better.
    Post by: maryvdb, Mar 11, 2015 in forum: Behavioral Challenges
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    Working with Reggie, a head-shy llama who doesn't think much of humanoids

    Did the video link not come through? My husband finally recovered from his hip replacement enough to take video for me this week.I posted a...
    Post by: maryvdb, Mar 11, 2015 in forum: Behavioral Challenges
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    Working with Reggie, a head-shy llama who doesn't think much of humanoids

    Reggie is a mature (about 11) gelding; I got him as a packing prospect (he was still a stud at that time.) I don't have a lot of history on him,...
    Thread by: maryvdb, Mar 11, 2015, 6 replies, in forum: Behavioral Challenges
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    On line Learning

    I've taken several online classes on web page construction and Photoshop techniques through an outfit known as ed2go. They were hosted through...
    Post by: maryvdb, Dec 15, 2014 in forum: Camelidynamics Clinics