Alpacas Are Faster Than They Appear

Chad and I entered the pasture today to do a little pre-winter planning.  We needed to remove a couple of halters and neck chains from our alpacas, as everyone is settled in now.  This is what we learned:

1.  The only Alpacas willing to be caught are the ones you don't actually need to work with. 

2.  Sheep are NOT good helpers.  (especially Forseti)

3.  Alpacas can and will run at a much faster rate than we expected.

4.  Catching Alpacas in an open pasture without any type of holding pen is not really a good plan. 

5.  We have a lot left to learn about Alpaca care. 

With that being said, we still have halters and neck chains to remove.  We did; however, have a great opportunity to pet and chat with all of the other goats, birds and sheep in the pasture.