LLamas are here! Pic heavy

Um... totally off topic, Geiss. But could you please post pics of Norway for me? Pretty please! I really wanted to be an exchange student waaay back in the day just so I could go to Norway.

And gorgeous girls. Just wonderful!

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Pics of Norway? *laughs* Anything more specific? My backyard or the mountains? Google can find you lots, or I can help if you are more specific.

But here's a few of my own, from where I live.

















Now I'm glad I said in the title this would be pic heavy...

I love the last shot- what breed is the snow-dog?

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What a lovely dog!

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Caliann

"First, Show me in the Bible where it says you can save someone's soul by annoying the hell out of them." -- Chuck

The last photo of the dog is beautiful, what kind is he. He looks just like my Austin who is 3/4 Pyr and 1/4 Nufie.

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He's a Caucasian Ovcharka, russian LGD. His color is wrong though - but it doesn't bother him.

Very neat dogs, I looked them up. They look somewhat heavier than my Austin.

He is 7 months old in this picture.
Nancy

Don't mean to hijack, but the two dogs look so much alike just could not resist.

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Is that a fuzzy Saanen??
Too sweet with the little pink, kissable goatie muzzle.

And what is the other dog? The one holding the.. the.. ? in his mouth?

And thanks for the pics! Norwegian woods!

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No worries. I don't mind a little OT.

Fauna is most likely part saanen and/or cashmere yes. She is the queen (of the llamas as well) and demands to be scratched! She doesn't back away from being kissed on the face either.
The other dog is a german shepherd of working lines (working meaning track, obedience, bitework, etc) - and he is holding a big stick. It's just been covered with snow, so it's more like a.. Stickcicle? Woodcicle? I don't know.. He doesn't know he's a shepherd, he just ignores the critters and wants to know where his ball/stick/plastic bottle is.

Today Astra ate out of my hand and got a head scratch without pulling away while Delta stood a few feet away humming! So females hum too. Considering their differences I have studied their butts intensely (you never know), and there's no sign of hanging equipment.

OK, I sw Llamas standing next to Alpacas at the Fair. And decided I want one or the other.

Can someone tell me the difference as relates to adding them to a goat herd? Is one better than the other? It seems as though Alpacas are gentler, but maybe not?

Those girls are absolutely GORGEOUS. Did you get them from a breeder?

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I can't tell you about differences much, just that the alpaca is smaller, is bred for fiber rather than packing and might be (might!) less standoffish. I think both would fit right in with goats.

Yes, I bought them from the breeder. He showed me a picture of their father, he was real flashy in black and white (he was turned into food along with the other boys to make room for new blood).

My experience with them so far, comparing them to goats is that they are very gentle, cautious but not scared, extremely curious, don't walk over dead bodies for food (I swear the goats would kill for grain sometimes) and do not fuss over things. They just walk around, eating this and that. Much more docile and majestic.

Is that people food? Just curious.
Nancy

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OH! LOL - I didn't know that, so I'm sure you're 100% fine with no clipping - haa haa!

GORGEOUS photos!

Yup. Sold to fancy restaurants too. Apparantly it's similar to beef, but "gamey" and very low fat. I'm not intending to ever eat one, he just carefully mentioned it. I can't see how it's different from butchering a goat or sheep so I don't mind.

Thanks.

I raise meat goats and I would most likely be the first to line up and try it, it is just that is the first time I ever saw it associated with people food.

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Llama vs Alpaca:
we have both, I prefer llama on every account except fiber production. alpacas mak a lot of dense nice fleece. Sorta like compring sheep and goats.

Ground for food:
we have eaten several alpacas, ground only. we tried a couple steaks, but did not care for it. Ground we use it in everything, just like beef. Te taset is not very far from beef, maybe sweeter is how I would describe it, definetly not gamey. (these were on pasture with grass hay) I didn't set out to eat them, but when you have to give them away at auction, and cant just keep feeding them, might as well make the most of the situation.

Pictures:
Are so Awesome, way better than what we could find on google! THank you so much for posting them!! I love the dog with the "stick"