Guard Guarding Behavior Llamas are used as guard animals all over the country. The majority of guard llamas are geldings and a small percentage are intact males and females. There has been no difference found in the guarding ability of males and females, but geldings are most often used as guard animals because more females are keep in the breeding pool than males.
Llamas usually guard sheep, but they have also been used to guard geese, ducks, deer, and cattle.
Llamas have a natural guarding instinct and require no training to become an effective guard animal. They also quickly adjust to being with sheep instead of llamas. It only takes them a few hours to a week or two to complete the adjustment period and become part of the flock. A gelding laying with a sheep from the herd he protects. Llamas can either become part of the flock or remain just outside of the flock watching for any predator which may threaten them.