On the subject of coyotes. . .
@GardenGerty (161927)
United States
February 5, 2025 7:23pm CST
Did you know that many farmers and ranchers have taken to having "watch llamas"?
Evidently llamas seriously dislike "canids" that is a term for animals in the dog family, like wolves, foxes and coyotes. Even wild dogs that are just wandering in packs.
That was something I learned almost thirty years ago. I was (for some reason) browsing the yellow pages (remember them) and found a listing for Velvet Nose Llama Farm. Of course I had to do my research to find out "why"? I also learned more at some 4H exhibits at the State Fair.
I have heard that some donkeys also will attack menacing dog like animals.
My neighbor that is working on the vacant house next door has a ranch a few miles outside of town. He has sheep, and llamas, and horses and donkeys and goats. I wonder if he would bring his llamas to town. He talked about bringing his goats in to eat all the weeds (including poison ivy).
I bet we could pick any animal and just post all kinds of discussions related to them.
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@FourWalls (70972)
• United States
6 Feb
That is very interesting! I think of llamas as such cute, docile things that wouldn’t hurt a fly. (Just a coyote. 
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@GardenGerty (161927)
• United States
6 Feb
I was surprised. Like every other animal though, there are some that are docile, and some that will spit in your face and then stomp you.
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@BarBaraPrz (48357)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Feb
They spit crap just like camels do.
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@sallypup (62601)
• Centralia, Washington
6 Feb
True. I have a wonderful book called God's Dogs. It really educated me on facts about coyotes. Coyotes have families and are very social. I find them to be beautiful though I respect them, too. When I had chickens I made sure they were enclosed in wire all their lives- they were able to run around and peck at dirt and weeds but wire was around them, from top to bottom.
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@GardenGerty (161927)
• United States
6 Feb
Coyotes, like all other animals, have their place. Next door to me is a little too close. I think you have mentioned your book before, it would be a neat read.
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@sallypup (62601)
• Centralia, Washington
6 Feb
@GardenGerty I used to live on 3 acres. Wide open land next to my place. I heard coyotes often.
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@GardenGerty (161927)
• United States
6 Feb
I think llamas are "cute" but I do not want to own one.
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@snowy22315 (184653)
• United States
6 Feb
@GardenGerty You would probably have to learn to spin or something to make something out of their wool.
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@GardenGerty (161927)
• United States
6 Feb
Llamas, alpacas and guanacos are all related.
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@rakski (130847)
• Philippines
6 Feb
@GardenGerty oh okay, nice to know. I am not familiar with guanacos though
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@arunima25 (88560)
• Bangalore, India
6 Feb
Llamas are so gentle as I think of them.. it is surprising that they would scare the wild dogs away. It's interesting to know that goats can eat poison ivy. They are best candidate for weed control.
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@GardenGerty (161927)
• United States
6 Feb
There are places that rent out goats. Yes, llamas are gentle, but they are also protective.
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@arunima25 (88560)
• Bangalore, India
6 Feb
@GardenGerty Do they rent for weed grazing? That sounds interesting. Not seen it here. That can be a good business model.
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@2ndchances24 (9808)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
6 Feb
llamas is such a cool animal to have for farms, I watch a lot of
farm videos & 1 is Eddie's farm where they have llamas & all sorts of
other animals to care for & it's a job taking care of all of them.
Here is a video of their farm & what they do everyday
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@2ndchances24 (9808)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
23h
@GardenGerty Yea I watch a few videos on people
doing farming & stuff like that.
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@RebeccasFarm (91533)
• Arvada, Colorado
6 Feb
Here its the wolves that are causing havoc on farmers and ranchers lands.
They reintroduced them. What a brilliant idea not.
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@DaddyEvil (140406)
• United States
6 Feb
Yes, we've seen some llamas mixed in with sheep and cattle on the farms around here. Especially during the Spring months when the animals are lambing/calving. We don't really have horses on the farms around here anymore.. or not that I've seen. (Most farmers ride 4-wheelers in their fields now.)
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@GardenGerty (161927)
• United States
6 Feb
Oh, this neighbor of mine has a large horseriding business near Wichita. You are right, for farm work most ride some mechanical beast.
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@DaddyEvil (140406)
• United States
6 Feb
@GardenGerty My oldest living brother breeds horses for show... I don't know what they do about coyotes bothering their herd. I haven't seen/talked to him in years. (He's in the hospital most of the time.) I think his step-son runs the construction and breeding businesses.
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@wolfgirl569 (110870)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Feb
Llamas will attack them. Or anything on all fours. A neighbor crawled under their fence one time and the llama flopped on her, pinning her down.
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@JudyEv (345137)
• Rockingham, Australia
8h
They have llamas in flocks here as protectors. For the same reason some also have Maremma dogs which live with the sheep.
