Re: [AlpacaTalk] halter training cria
I'd say it's never too late to halter train, and definitely with the
older rescues or imports, the gentle approach is the only way to go.
We always start with a few or several sessions of just putting the
halter on to let them get used to the feel. We often do this at
feeding time. At first, they cush and pout, and for the first couple
of days, they refuse to eat their pellets. But eventually, they
accept it, because they have no choice. :) And nothing "bad" happens
to them with the halter on. After they behave normally with the
halter on, then we start the lead training.
The later in age that the training starts, the longer it takes, and
we have far more tantrums and fits with the older ones. But it's not
a lost cause! Slow and gentle is the key.
Heather
On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Lysa Grant wrote:
> Would you say the same advice would go for adult rescues?
>
> My 2 boys probably have never had halters. I hate chasing them into
> the stall and locking them
> in and then trying to get halters on as I figure the act of getting
> them locked in the stall is
> trauma enough, yet I really need to get them friendly.
>
> Currently they are free to roam day and night in barn and around
> pasture.
> They eat well and are stand offish but not too frightened.
>
> Lysa
> jim thorpe, PA
>
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