Bounding ahead

The alpacas have come on in leaps and bounds! They now love to go for walks and are very well behaved on their leads. It's been much easier to train them than I ever imagined. Here are a couple of nice photos of them with Caitlin and me on our last trek.
And some news on the halter front. The reason my order from Rocky Mount Llamas didn't arrive is that they had a huge fire there in early January. No human or camelid casualties, thank goodness, just the computer. But they are up and running again and the halters will be here soon. So the alpacas will have another red and blue halter each, and Gabby and Windy will have some super smart llama halters too.

Seamus at the door

Here's a nice photo of Seamus. He and Brendan are still quite nervous of going through doors!

Halters here

The alpaca's halters have finally arrived, not from Rocky Mt Llamas - no idea what has happened to that order, but from Christiane Giudicelli here in France. So Seamus now has a lovely blue halter and leading rope to go with his blue bandana, and Brendan has a red outfit. The two boys aren't particualarly bothered by their halters. I've slipped them over their noses while distracting them with tasty titbtis. They didn't bat an eyelid. I'll do that a few more times and then we'll take them off for a walk to make a serious start on their training.