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Who we are.....
Welcome to Snow Ridge Llamas!
We're located in Eastern Washington state north of Spokane, and have a herd of 13 llamas. We've been working with and training llamas since 1985, training lamas from all over the United States and Canada. We've shown llamas since 1987 and our first male, Apollo One, earned the United States' first ALSA Supreme Championship. We have published numerous articles on the many different aspects of llama training, and have given clinics and seminars on cart training, llama communication, and behavior modification throughout the United States and Canada, teaching lama owners how to train and get more from their llamas.
Jim served on the Performance Committee for the Alpaca and Llama Show Association in 1994, and in 1996, and as llama Superintendent for the Llama Department at the Spokane Interstate Fair in Spokane, WA.
We have both served as llama 4H project leaders for several years, and as judges for 4H and Youth Division Llama Shows in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Amy has served as President of LANA (Llama Association of North America) for two terms, and also as President of INLA. (Inland Northwest Llama Association) and has served on the boards of both organizations.
In 1993 we were introduced to operant conditioning, the same type of training that has been used by marine mammal trainers since the 1960's. We have adapted this method for use in lama training. Operant conditioning can be used to teach catch, halter, lead, load, obstacle work and many other behaviors. One of the most popular behaviors is teaching the lama to approach the halter, put his nose inside, and wait for it to be fastened. This method uses a small plastic clicker as a
signal to tell the lama "That's right! That is exactly what I wanted you to do!" and uses positive reinforcement, so the name Click & Reward fits this training method perfectly. We currently have two training videos available, both in VHS and in PAL format for international lama owners.
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