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All about Alpacas
The Country Smallholder
|May 2023
Introducing Camelidynamics - learn how to work with the natural behaviour of alpacas for calm handling
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Established in 2009 by Victoria and Roger Barrett, SimplyAlpaca is a small family business determined to breed and raise alpacas and llamas using only kind and respectful methods.
Victoria came across Camelidynamics soon after buying her first alpacas and has updated her knowledge regularly with its founder Marty McGee Bennett. She is now a Senior Camelidynamics Consultant, offering courses and is the only practitioner teaching this method in the UK.
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