[Jacob-list] Re: Multiple Guard Llamas

[Mary McCracken]

When I had ONE llama it definitely GUARDED the sheep.  It would lie directly
in front of the corral gate with the sheep in the corral and him outside
WATCHING until I arrived to close the gate.  Now that I have more than one
llama they are NOT guarding the sheep.  They seem to be protecting property
and one another.  In a small very open pasture it works for me.  The sheep
are sometimes clever enough to run and stand with them when they are
frightened.  I would only recommend one llama per pasture.  A sheep trader
told me his guard llama became distracted even when he had another one in a
nearby pasture.  They just went to the nearest corner to one another.
-----Original Message-----
From: BIDEWEE at aol.com <BIDEWEE at aol.com>
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2000 12:18 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Re: Multiple Guard Llamas


>In a message dated 10/15/00 9:03:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>jacob-list-admin at jacobsheep.com writes:
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><< We have only one llama on 40 acres with a woods.  We were told if we had
>more than one, they would bond with one another and not the sheep.  Is this
>true?  >>
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>Hi Mary,
>How awful to hear of your high coyote losses.  We have 4 guard llamas now.
>We move them around as needed and occasionally put two together in our
>larger, more vulnerable pastures.  We've not found having two llamas
together
>to be a problem (once they get aquatinted).  They still round the sheep up
>when concerned and will run together toward anything they think is
>threatening the sheep.  Several llamas would definitely have a better
chance
>of winning against a pack of coyote than a lone llama would.  It's also
>important for the guard llama(s) to have 'guarding' instincts - not all of
>them do.
>
>Karen Lobb
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