Marty seminar?
Hmmm. That is a nice story. Thanks for sharing.
I have been able to get the halters on, but trying to lead them turns
out to be dangerous with
the kicking and rearing up!
I have been able to hand feed them, but it is hard as there are 2 and
if you separate them, they
get very upset, so you have to work with both at the same time.
Still your story gives me hope.
I cannot find out much about them. The lady that gave them to me had
only had them for a year and
she got them as rescues from who knows where. No papers. No idea how
old they are, but we love them
all the same! NOT looking forward to shearing time, I must say!!
L
On Jan 10, 2009, at 3:01 PM, houckj@aol.com wrote:
> <<<<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.
> >>>>>
>
> Hi Lysa,
> My handsome studboy, Charlie Brown, since passed on to better
> pastures,
> was similar when I got him, well actually much worse than what you are
> describing. He wasn't a "rescue" as I paid for him, but I truly
> rescued
> him. When I got him home and started to take off his halter, omg, he
> had clearly worn that halter his entire life (he was 4). His nose
> tissue had grown around it. It was the same col;or as he was so not
> terribly noticeable at first. And it was a badly fitting halter to
> boot. He was nasty and mean, hated humans. Close examination of his
> papers showed he had never really had a home, just been shuffled
> around
> the country from one auction to another. He was a very handsome boy.
> But he kept his ears back constantly. Even if I wasn't out there and
> he
> was alone, with the other pacas, in the pasture, his ears were always
> back. My sweet girl Allie, who he was a present for :-), kept trying
> to
> make friends and he would just spit her off! I began to hand feed him;
> slowly slowly slowly. I never grabbed at him or tried to catch him. I
> just stood very still in the pasture and waited for him to come. He
> had
> to come to me to eat. Eventually he would let me touch him while he
> was
> eating, but once the food was gone, so was he. I was so sad for him
> and
> everytime I saw that halter I just wanted to grab him and remove it
> asap. But I waited. One day, with some help feeding, I was able to
> reach up and unbuckle. With it flapping loose like that, it took the
> rest of the day for it to come off on its own.
>
> His ears began to come up. Allie finally made friends with him. But he
> was always difficult to handle. I took him to a Marty seminar and she
> worked her magic on him. Showed me how to catch him with the long rope
> and that worked like a charm for the rest of his life. I use that
> technique now for all mine. Just start by draping the long rope across
> the back of his neck, and sometimes you don't even need a halter.
> Marty
> showed me how to make a quick halter out of the rope and often that
> will
> suffice for a quick look see or treatment. He turned out to be the
> easiest of all my alpacas to handle. Once he was haltered he was putty
> in my hands :-) and I could do absolutely anything to him (and I had
> to
> do a lot over the years as he always seemed to have some sort of issue
> going on needing attention). He was so good and so easy. Funny thing,
> my sweet girl Allie that gives kisses and comes easily up to you and
> even will allow herself to be petted is just the opposite, once the
> halter goes on she fights any treatment tooth and nail. I have seen
> her
> climb a fence sideways with those feet whenever we were trying to give
> her her monthly Decto injection. Each and every time it was the same
> battle; took both me and the vet to hold her and give her the shot.
> But
> Charlie Brown was easy as pie.
>
> I will be interested to see what Heather and the others have to say,
> as
> I have 2 that were brought in together about 3 yrs ago. they had
> clearly never been handled, were skittish as all get out and very
> standoffish. Circumstances prevented me from being able to spend the
> time with them that was needed and they continue to this day to be
> very
> standoffish and difficult to deal with.....but they are the 2 that
> made
> me this wonderful baby :-). Luckily neither of them have had any
> health
> problems that required a lot of interaction. I have always trained
> mine
> to come to a small catch pen to eat (separate) so that when I need
> to do
> something I can get them easily in a small space where it is easy to
> drape that rope across the back of their neck and put their halters on
> for whatever reason.
>
> Warmly, Janice
>
>
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