Author:
Oak Haven Alpacas, LLC

Date of Publication:
February 26, 2013

Publication:
Oak Haven Alpacas, LLC

Excerpt:
All alpacas should be halter trained - the process of teaching them how to walk on a lead.  This is so important for their safety and for our safety.  We need to walk them on a lead to take them to the vet, to move them from pens, to do herd health, and if desired to take them to an alpaca show or event.  I have seen extremes either way, of farms that do not halter train and their alpacas are difficult to work with.  I have also seen the opposite extreme where alpacas are treated almost as animals that do tricks.  We try to keep a balance ~ allow them to still be alpacas with their herd, but also know that was can halter and lead them somewhere safely whenever needed.  Our goal is for them all of them to safely walk on lead.

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