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stonehaven Newbie Posts: 1	Halters Jan 26^th, 2009, 2:20pm Hi we are preparing to buy two little boys (8months old and 12 months old) and have no past experience. Can anyone recommend the type of halter and lead we should get so that we can training them to walk on the lead fairly easily. Also we'd love to find a really easy to understand book about halter training. Thanks very much.
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Helen Jessop

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Re: Halters
Reply #1 - Jan 26^th, 2009, 4:25pm

Hi

I would recommend Marty McGee-Bennett's book The Camelid Companion. I think it is an excellent introduction to haltering and also to understanding and working with your alpacas.

We use Marty's halters as we have found them to be best in terms of fit, comfort for the alpacas, and durability. There are a couple of Australian distributors - let me know if you want to find them but can't.

cheers
Helen

Helen Jessop
Mossvale Alpacas

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Barbara - Pepperina Alpacas

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Re: Halters
Reply #2 - Jan 27^th, 2009, 8:08am

Marty also makes a DVD Alpaca Training and Handling which is a good way to start.

Also see http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zdhah4IbiQc
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIWQC_-1TY

Also clicker training http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7rTRBMx3Py4

The ultimate http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oYoqBmof2Jk&feature=related

Regards - Barbara Mills Pepperina Alpacas QLD

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