Spring is busting out and so are alpacas!
I had a little adventure the other day. Had to bring a couple girls up to the barn the day the Vet Tech class visited so I brought Ivana and her cria Atilla plus Ruby and her cria Boomer to the barn for them to practice on. Atilla is 7 months old so he’s completely halter trained. He walks quite nicely beside his mom. Boomer is still less than 2 months so I didn’t even consider haltering him. However! I should have considered carrying him instead of letting him walk.
I have never seen such a circus in all my days. After the class and our lovely lunch party, I walked Ivana and Atilla back to the pasture, both on their leads just as sweet as pie. I walked Ruby back expecting baby Boomer to stick close to momma like a good ‘paca baby should.
But nooooo! Boomer wanted to explore apparently. About the time I got Ruby through the gate, he goes bouncing off across the barn lot with not the least concern about being separated from mom. This is when the rodeo really gets started!
I decide to lead Ruby back out to see if Boomer will form up and follow him mom but… as I’m trying to get Ruby turned and through the gate; out dashes Supresa and Coco. I’m trying to hold on to Ruby and shoo Supresa and Coco back in. I get Coco but ZIP! out pops Carolina and Toots. Every time I got 1 back in; 2 more pop out! Supresa and Carolina are immediately head down munching the grass which is sooo much tastier than the exact same grass inside the pasture. Toots however decides to frolic with Boomer. They’re leaping and hopping and pronking around like mad things. Ruby is going nuts and about to yank my arm off.
Well, it’s getting to be a long story… and it took much longer to live it. I finally did get everyone back inside the pasture with various trickery and bribery techniques. Including, Boomer who just finally got tired I guess because he let me walk up and pick him up. Halter training starts immediately for that boy!
