Once, llamas were trained to pull carts singly, and at times with poor results. The belief only 1 in 10 llamas would prove suitable for the task, placed carting in the too hard basket for many. Today cart-training llamas in pairs, or even triplets has alleviated this problem. Llamas, like most animals, are happiest with their own kind, so often respond better to cart training when harnessed with a mate. When training llamas in pairs or triples it's not unusual to have 2 or 3 as yet 'untrained' llamas driving happily together after just one lesson.
Gender is unimportant for a driving llama.
Both male and female llamas can pull carts but like athletes, some are better than others. Llovely Banks Llamas 2000 All Rights Reserved. Website designed by GeB Productions .