Behavior Llamas and alpacas are clean, quiet, intelligent animals who are relatively easy to train, making us excellent companions in a variety of ways. Llamas can learn to pull carts and guard sheep, be pack animals, or work for the Forest Service. Llamas have fleece that can be used in a variety of ways and alpacas are prized worldwide for their fiber. Both are widely used in 4-H programs, at show competitions, and in parades. We visit schools and libraries, delighting children, as well as extended care facilities, where we lift the spirits of the ill and the elderly.
Llamas are very social herd animals - alpacas even more so.
Although we prefer the company of our own kind, llamas and alpacas can easily live together. It is not advisable for us to be kept alone without, at the very least, the companionship of another farm animal. We have a distinct social order. Either a male or female can maintain herd dominance. Full grown, llamas average between 250 and 375 lbs., and alpacas from 100 to 175 pounds.