Who is the BEST PACK LLAMA - Ep.76 - Llama Life

People often ask us, why llamas over goats, horses and other pack stock. They also ask us who is the best pack llama ever? Well that is a tough question to answer. Today we go over some of our best packers currently on the ranch. There are only 10 spots in the video today and they go to our best packers that also serve as breeding studs at our ranch. There are many great pack llamas in the world today and many great ones that are no longer packing. In our opinion the best pack llama who ever lived is the one you love the most and that willingly helps you carry loads from one place to another. The llamas we show today are some of our favorite boys who have helped us build our llama ranch and business. We are very excited to get on the mountains this year and begin pack training the young offspring from some of the studs in this video. We hope you enjoyed the video. Get out there and enjoy the wild.
Here is the list of the boys in the video:
10. One eyed Jasper
9. Gunsmoke
8. James OO7
7. Sully
6. D'Jango
5. Milo
4. Doc Holliday
3. Oliver Twist
2. Shaman
1. Topgun
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[@adambernard1672]

Good looking pack animals 👍🏻

[@markbelke5595]

Love the video effects beau...lol kinda like watching a animal version of the bachelor...give me gunsmoke or Doc Holliday for the win...😎

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Tyler did a great job with it. It sure was fun to make and watch the outcome. I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting. Good old Gunsmoke. He is a great dude. Come see him someday.

[@jeffandsuefisker2190]

I had the pleasure of packing with James last week. He really was one of the calmest packers I have ever met. He was exceptional managing a wide load through tight spots and up steep pitches. I would also nominate Dreigo for this list as well, very strong and athletic.

[@NancyRileyNuniverse]

i love them all!!!!

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Love the llama beefcake! I'm impressed that you can hold three intact males together without a riot breaking out.

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Llama Beefcake. We love it. Thank you for the great comment.

[@tabithalavallee]

would love to see you showcase more lamas .. I would love to get to know them better! that was like hockey cards for lamas... to bad I dont have any of thier cards. 😁

[@MattDyers]

Great names, great llamas!

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Thanks Matt. Funny names for some funny llamas .

[@michaelnelson1911]

What an awesome video. Loved the way you walked one off and then walked the next one on. You guys are masters of the camera and videos. You have some great looking studs. I love #3 and #6. You ought to list the top 10 in your description and then we would have the names with each llama. Excellent video!!!

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Thank you very much Michael. It was a fun video to make and share. I just updated the description with their names.

[@missryanswers]

Thanks! That was great fun to see and hear the qualities you know and enjoy in them. Very good information, and heart warming :)

[@RatdogDRB]

What good boys, all of them! Interesting critters. Nice video and camera work.

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Thank you Ratdog. Tyler is the one that needs the credit here. I will pass it on.

[@ericwiitala5407]

Wow! As you were bringing them out, I could tell the difference in size and musculature of Top Gun, Oliver and Shaman (hopefully I spelled his name right). They're really big boys and seem to have a great temperament.

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

You did great on the names. I added the names of the rest in the description. Thanks for the great comment and for watching Eric.

[@wyomingliving7454]

Awesome video Beau great work......

[@patrickschuler1004]

I'm just sitting on my couch laughing right now because if we follow the 25% body weight rule for the amount of weight a llama can carry. I can effectively ride you top llamas... Nice videos my friend, I'll be waiting for more videos soon! :) Your llamas are just so strong and really look great to hang around with! Keep up the good work! ;)

[@pimpompoom93726]

Can Lama pull a wagon? I know the Inca didn't have wheeled carts, but if they did could Lama have been trained to pull them?

[@esmilaflorindez4367]

Todas son bonitas

[@sackettbrand68]

I had investigated owning Llamas 25 years ago. I've really missed out on alot!

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

It is never to late to join the llama family:)

[@dakat1726]

I vote for Sully!

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Same Here.

[@billfisher3266]

I have one that looks a lot like Shaman but he's slightly knockkneed. I've raised him from a cria and love all my llamas. I'm going to start him out this year at 10 to 15 lbs. He's 2 years old. Do you think that will hurt him? I also have another one the same age I'll be starting out the same. I'll be going to your seminar in May. Do I have to get on a list? Jim

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Hey Bill thanks for the comment. It sounds like you have a great young and upcoming packer. In my opinion packing the young males 2-4 year olds with minimal weight is a great learning tool. They get to learn the saddle, panniers, the process of packing weight and helps them build some muscle and also build their lung capacity faster. 10-20 pounds for a 2 year old once they kind of know what they are doing is what we do. Many horses are trained to race and be rode as 2 year olds and many female llamas are bred in the wild as 18 month old or 2 years old. The pregnancy adds weight to the females and in some ways I feel like these are good examples and comparisons that should give one comfort about packing some weight. Just not over doing with weight to not discourage them and to protect their growing plates is why we pack little amounts of weight on them as young packers.

[@Marlor_Mining]

I would like to know where Boone would fit on this list in his prime.

[@gabegreen1580]

How does keeping in tact males work? Separate fenced areas? Distance apart? Can they be on the same string?

[@wildernessridgetrailllamas6971]

Hey Gabe, Thanks for the questions. We pack all intact males. There are 71 males currently on the pack string and all but 2 are intact now. We keep them in the same pasture before and after our pack season. This seems to help them sort out the herd hierarchy and dynamic so that when we go on the pack string they do great. The one thing is you have to keep the males away from the females. We keep ours about 10 miles away. This helps out a great deal. All of the pictures you see of heavy loads and pack outs are all intact males.