Classes and demonstrations at Llama Magic change a bit from year to year, but at least one Llamas 101 session is always offered. Designed for new and prospective llama and alpaca owners, this class provides basic information and advice on caring for and handling camelids, and participants are encouraged to bring their questions for the instructor to answer. Classes emphasize the joy of owning llamas and often include cart driving, packing and various fiber related sessions. There are plenty of opportunities for hands on work with llamas for those who would like to try cart driving, taking a llama through an obstacle course or other llama related activities.

Shearing services are offered for those who would like their llamas or alpacas sheared at Llama Magic. The general public is encouraged to watch how the animals are sheared and how their fiber is handled.

Llama Magic Class Schedule—Saturday, May 12, 2012

10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Llama Driving clinic presented by Dan Whittaker.

  This will be a full day clinic. We obviously can't train your llama to drive in one day but we can train you to train your llama to drive. Many people get stuck moving on with their driving training. This course will give you all the tools you need to move on with your training. You can bring your own llama or we can use other animals here. We will be hooking up all animals present at the clinic. You will learn what all the parts of the harness are for, how to put on the harness and remove. Cart installing, cart training, backing, change of pace and much more. I recommend couples for this clinic. Most all your cart training will need at least 2 people.

  I will provide carts and harnesses for the clinic. If you have your own equipment, please bring it. We will show you how to use it. We will talk about choosing your equipment, choosing a potential driving llama and much more. At the conclusion, everyone will drive one of my llamas to get driver training and a feel of actually having a llama pull you! It's great!

There is limited number of participants, Sign up early!

Driving Class Registration