A Little Halter Training

The weather was beautiful this weekend.  Most of the snow has melted (finally) and there is rain in the forecast.  There is still snow, but there IS rain in the forecast.

We decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and work with a few of our alpacas on a halter. 

These are pictures of Blue Mesa Yoda, one of our Junior Herdsires. 

Yoda is a Legacy grandson and Shockwave son.

He was quite interested in our girls.  Which is good since, we plan to breed him with Kocoa Moon in he fall.

Yoda is very easy to handle and stood quietly when I asked him too.

Things that Work - Glittens

While in St. Paul, Minnesota before Christmas I was browsing in an outdoor store and found these glittens.  I'm not entirely sure that's a word, but these glove-mitten hybrids are neat.

Minnesota has it's reputation for a reason. It gets cold there. It also gets just as cold in Northern Colorado, but not as long. That means my fingers had been getting cold in my gloves.  I considered buying a pair of mittens but I really don't like the limited dexterity.

These Glittens have taken a little getting used to, especially the handling of car keys.  The real test however, was while doing ranch chores this weekend, I had the appropriate warmth and dexterity for filling feed containers and moving bales of hay.