Author:
Cloud Dancer Alpacas

Date of Publication:
December 6, 2009

Publication:
Cloud Dancer Alpacas

Excerpt:
I had a helper today - someone who had never trained an animal before. Of course, I had to train my helper first, before we could train the babies. While explaining the process I realized that the best advice I ever got for training alpacas came from a Special Ed teacher. She said that working with special ed kids requires you to think really hard about all the steps in the process of whatever skill you are trying to teach. “Chunk it down” is how she phrased it. It is a perfect motto for training animals.

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