Alpacas vs Humans - who is smarter

I like to think of myself as fairly intelligent, well above a four legged animal at least. Yet again this weekend it was proved that is not the case!

It was time to do some more halter training & our oldest female, Marlposa, a peruvian import knows exactly what to do to make my life as difficult as possible. As soon as you want her to do anything, she drops straight to the floor & refuses to move for anyone. At about 65kg she knows that's too heavy to be dragged like a sleigh (although it doesn't stop me trying!).

So round 1 goes to the alpaca - but I will be back......

Anyway here's a couple of photo's of our efforts.

PS how does my wife manage to look so glamourous whilst working on a farm? Answers on a postcard please!