Raising Llamas
Obstacles is one of the
things our boys love to do. Particularly Zapper our 3 year old -- he just
glides over the jumps beautifully.
Boys will be boys...Mocha Man
and Bunny's Sidewinder, chest butting is common play between the boys.
Cookie Dough George, at 16 months old, our
future herd sire will go over the jumps with Dad giving encouragement. Here
Cookie Dough George is practicing a jump for future obstacle classes in future
shows .
Pooh Bear meets Miss Ivy's son Majic for the first time. Miss Ivy's face says how she feels about this meeting,since he is only hours old. Majic is now 2years old and part of the drill team and living with the other boys. As for Miss I vy she is still producing boys for our hiking and the obstacle course. Pooh Bear is here and producing wonderful fiber and enjoying life.
Jamee, our daughter and her herdsire Zapper are ready for a Christmas Hike down the Road. If you want to stop traffic, just dress a llama up and start walking down the road. Zapper has produced for us a number of wonderful crias.Zapper donated the fiber for the coat shawl on our fiber page.
Jamee shearing for the summer. Part of Herd Health Care is making sure all the llamas are ready for summer. After grooming shearing begins in the late spring, so all will not suffer heat stress in Virginia.
Before and After Grooming
Before - It's show time and
the professional dog/llama groomer in the family "Dawn" gets busy with Zapper.
He has a winter coat of hay and dirt etc. to be removed. Patience is the key
here - Llamas love to be cleaned but they don't want their wool pulled. It
Hurts!!
After - With lots of
blowing -- lots and lots and lots of brushing -- with breaks of course -- maybe
even a day or two break -- He is show ring ready or could it just be an outing
with a Lady Llama?! You know?!