Larger farms get their young llamas trained much better than they would otherwise and the kids get a llama to train and show for the year. It is absolutely a win-win situation. Llamas are a wonderful choice for parents and children who want to train and show livestock without having to send the animals to slaughter. Llamas and children have a natural affinity for one another and work wonderfully together. Llamas will often cooperate with and do things for children that they would not do for adults.
Kids learn to feed, halter train, performance train, groom and show llamas.
They may even learn to manage a breeding program, deal with birthing and weaning, manage males and make sales decisions. Llamas and 4-H also teach kids many intangible lessons. Children learn things like caring, gentleness with animals, better communication skills with people and animals, a sense of accomplishment, pride in their work and how to create goals for themselves.