Bluekat2u
Exploring the pasture
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How should I begin halter training 2 skittish rescued llamas and 2 rescued alpacas that don't allow touching? One of each will sometimes come eat grains from the feed bucket I'm holding, and they will follow me almost close enough to touch when I feed them, but no-touchie! I read the siggestion to buy the expensive camelid companion book, but I still have to pay for supplies and can't afford the book for a while. They are in a 1 acre pasture with all the birds they guard (geese, turkeys, ducks, chickens) but we've not been able to afford fencing supplies, we just now got some extra field fencing and we're planning to build a feeding enclosure (previous post suggested 14x14 enclosure?) To get close enough to them to touch them. Their nails need trimming very badly, they need shearing and they've not had any shots, but the mobile vet around here won't do any of those without halter training I'm told. Any advice is super welcome! Hate doing things on a budget but I have no choice.