Over the past few days I have been in contact with Pat Cothran, the NC adoption coordinator for Southeast Llama Rescue. Neil and I have been talking for a while about getting a llama to add to the farm... for several reasons.
- Our LGD puppies will not be up to full guarding duties until they are about two years old. Llamas are known for their livestock guarding abilities.
- When people visit the farm we will be able to show them the differences between alpacas and llamas.
- It would be nice to have both alpacas and llamas on the farm for my (hopefully) future camelid 4H club.
- And finally, to help a llama in need of a good home.
On the SELR website they have listings for all the llamas that are currently in foster homes. In looking through them I found Black Dyamonds, a 10-year-old female llama, in Georgia for adoption. It stated that she was well behaved and was a good guardian. Just what we were looking for. I e-mailed Pat about myself and what we were looking for and she responded right away. Pat agreed that Dyamonds would be a good match for us and put a "hold" on any further adoptions on her.
SELR has a pretty strict adoption process to make sure their llamas go to good homes. We will need to get our farm up to snuff (barn and fences) to pass the inspection. I have hope that Dyamonds will be able to come home to the farm the beginning of May.
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