Things that Work: Bribery

Our oldest alpaca, Keyla has a little bit of munge on her nose, which means we need to catch her and apply ointment every day.

I love how Hubba is able to catch her all by himself.


Everyone's excited about a fresh bowl of feed.



Keyla is the white one in the back.  She's wise to Hubba's tricks,



but cannot resist a bowl of feed.



Getting just a little closer and enjoying the yummy feed,



then a headlock and some ointment to make her nose feel better.

After the ointment application is complete, he lets her finish the bowl of feed by herself.  So she knows he loves her.  :-)