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When you start doing llama training, you need to cultivate the habit of walking slowly. Why? Picture that you want to a catch a llama who is standing out in a field, and then you want to halter him. Let's give this llama a name: Thundercloud, because we used to have a llama by that name and he was hard to catch and hard to halter. Why might you be moving too fast? Because you are concentrating on your purpose. But the llama will have observed what you are doing and he will also have his own purposes. Perhaps he would rather have his freedom, but often llamas do like to be caught if something fun, like a hike, is in the works. Llamas run speedily, and this is an important part of how they protect themselves. So if you march quickly out to the pasture, llamas may become wary. Thundercloud always did. But if you meander out as if you are in no hurry, any llama will surely notice you coming, as they miss very little, but you will not disquiet them. Just go into the barn and get a halter and lead rope. If you are planning to offer the llama some food, get some cob (a sweet corn, oats, and barley combination) or anything else you want to use. For some llamas, the food will be bring them to you. But not Thundercloud. Now you enter his field, not staring at him. If it is laid out so there is a narrow part where you can catch him alone, fine. If he will go into his shed, then you can probably catch him inside it. But often you'll need to get the llama to go toward a corner of the field. Wherever you are, you can continue to slowly walk toward the llama, slowly raising your arms out to the sides so you create a larger shape. If you see that Thundercloud is thinking of bolting, slow down or back off and look away. Then regularly ease closer. You could offer the grain with one hand and if the llama nibbles, your other arm could encircle the back of his neck and come around so that you have the halter in position to put on. Once you have the halter below his head, raise it up slowly and easily until you can slide it onto his face. Then attach it and you've got a llama ready to go somewhere with you. Things may not happen so easily with some llamas. The first year we had llamas, Tumbleweed didn't like us to catch him. Luckily our eight-year-old nephew came to stay for a few days. He caught Tumbleweed over and over, dozens of times, with far more patience than we adults had. After that, Tumbleweed was always easy to catch. Learning how to train a llama involves more than just this one point. My husband and I were fortunate to have a mentor in Bobra Goldsmith, a well-known llama trainer. I always loved watching Bobra demonstrate how to work with a totally untrained llama or with one who had developed suspicion of people. Llama training was easy to learn with her slow-motion haltering and other methods. This Article Was Written By: Roz Hart
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