11-18-2015, 03:39 AM
Last summer I noticed the Lander Llama company rented llama's for back country expeditions and I also noticed that my age is starting to catch up with me, but I'm not ready to quit the back country trips yet, so I've been thinking that maybe llama's are the way for me to go....
Soooooo I got two untrained llama's and I'm starting my epic training adventure..... Has anyone out in BFT land ever trained a llama for packing? I missed out on how to train a horse, growing up with motorcycles and wheelers instead of horses... My last experience in FFA with training a steer to lead for the fair went something like this.
I didn't start training my steer to lead until it was 1100 lbs and rumor has it I might have tied the rope around my waist as I offered it a bucket of grain as a treat to coax it to follow me, well, it wouldn't come closer so I shook the bucket which scared the steer, so it whirled around and started to run away, well since it out weighed me by about ten fold and being tied to the steer, I followed about two steps behind it, which for some reason scared the steer worse and it ran faster and I followed... About now my steps were near 10 yards between touchdowns which was perty good in cowboy boots... I think I set a new human land speed record that day except for the steer assist... Well about then I had a ward robe malfunction and the heel tore off my boot, which sort of caused me to fall flat on my belly and as I looked up I seen the steers hoofs about 3" from my face as it drug me through the dust and manure... On about the second loop around that corral the steer threw me up against the fence which sort of tore up my back as the 1/4" diameter slivers from the railroad ties riped through my shirt, and since that was so much fun, it drug me up over a rough 2' cement water trough wall and through the water so the dust and poop would really stick well. After another loop I think my training technique was starting to really work, or the fact that I had mearly lassoled the steer with a single loop around it's neck, so it might have been running out of air, anyway it slowed down enough that I was able to get to my feet and throw a loop around the fence post so I could hold the steer while I untied the rope from around my belly...
Anyway I don't really want to train these llamas the same way... If anyone has some llama training tips I would appreciate it... I have been doing the Google seach thing and watching those videos but would like to see if there are better ideas out there...
I'm dreaming of letting the llamas carry my pontoon into some back country lake so I'll be in heaven for a little while each summer... Plus the hay isn't selling very fast this year and so at least I'll get something out of it... Might just be llama poop, but hey it's something... Later J
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Soooooo I got two untrained llama's and I'm starting my epic training adventure..... Has anyone out in BFT land ever trained a llama for packing? I missed out on how to train a horse, growing up with motorcycles and wheelers instead of horses... My last experience in FFA with training a steer to lead for the fair went something like this.
I didn't start training my steer to lead until it was 1100 lbs and rumor has it I might have tied the rope around my waist as I offered it a bucket of grain as a treat to coax it to follow me, well, it wouldn't come closer so I shook the bucket which scared the steer, so it whirled around and started to run away, well since it out weighed me by about ten fold and being tied to the steer, I followed about two steps behind it, which for some reason scared the steer worse and it ran faster and I followed... About now my steps were near 10 yards between touchdowns which was perty good in cowboy boots... I think I set a new human land speed record that day except for the steer assist... Well about then I had a ward robe malfunction and the heel tore off my boot, which sort of caused me to fall flat on my belly and as I looked up I seen the steers hoofs about 3" from my face as it drug me through the dust and manure... On about the second loop around that corral the steer threw me up against the fence which sort of tore up my back as the 1/4" diameter slivers from the railroad ties riped through my shirt, and since that was so much fun, it drug me up over a rough 2' cement water trough wall and through the water so the dust and poop would really stick well. After another loop I think my training technique was starting to really work, or the fact that I had mearly lassoled the steer with a single loop around it's neck, so it might have been running out of air, anyway it slowed down enough that I was able to get to my feet and throw a loop around the fence post so I could hold the steer while I untied the rope from around my belly...
Anyway I don't really want to train these llamas the same way... If anyone has some llama training tips I would appreciate it... I have been doing the Google seach thing and watching those videos but would like to see if there are better ideas out there...
I'm dreaming of letting the llamas carry my pontoon into some back country lake so I'll be in heaven for a little while each summer... Plus the hay isn't selling very fast this year and so at least I'll get something out of it... Might just be llama poop, but hey it's something... Later J
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] I have been wanting a pack goat for a while now, for the same reason, but my wife says it won't fit in our small yard[
] good luck with you adventure, keep us posted!
