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We have Camelids on our own farm here....Alpacas are No kind of protection animal. Even if there was an alpaca that try to guard by size alone it would be no match for a dog, let alone a wild animal like a coyote.
A Llama "can" be a protection animal for dogs & possibly a lonesome coyote, but generally it's the gelded male that makes the best guard "if" he has the guarding instinct. Males that are gelded have no interest in the ladies, so they would be least distracted. They're only protection is by scaring them off with their calls & possibly by their sheer size they 'could' stomp a dog or coyote to death. But generally speaking you would want to put up an electric fence on the outside of your no climb horse fencing. Several strands would be suggested to cover the bottom, mid sections & top to cover attack areas. I would lock the animals up in a fully enclosed indoor stall at night for protection. But for daytime grazing or evening grazing when your animals would be out in the pasture if you were to get a donkey or Llama it may deter animals from trying your fence, but I wouldn't bet my animal or my herd on it. Better safe than sorry...I'd get a Good fencer so it would give an appropriate Sized jolt shock to an invader (on the outside of your fence). & if you spend money on a Donkey or Llama get a Proven Guard animal. There are occasional Llamas & donkeys that will even guard a pasture from people! Sad that our Beloved Animal or Herd is like a sign for Free Food to a wild invader (rogue dog).
Good Luck on your New Farm
We have Camelids on our own farm here....Alpacas are No kind of protection animal. Even if there was an alpaca that try to guard by size alone it would be no match for a dog, let alone a wild animal like a coyote.
A Llama "can" be a protection animal for dogs & possibly a lonesome coyote, but generally it's the gelded male that makes the best guard "if" he has the guarding instinct. Males that are gelded have no interest in the ladies, so they would be least distracted. They're only protection is by scaring them off with their calls & possibly by their sheer size they 'could' stomp a dog or coyote to death. But generally speaking you would want to put up an electric fence on the outside of your no climb horse fencing. Several strands would be suggested to cover the bottom, mid sections & top to cover attack areas. I would lock the animals up in a fully enclosed indoor stall at night for protection. But for daytime grazing or evening grazing when your animals would be out in the pasture if you were to get a donkey or Llama it may deter animals from trying your fence, but I wouldn't bet my animal or my herd on it. Better safe than sorry...I'd get a Good fencer so it would give an appropriate Sized jolt shock to an invader (on the outside of your fence). & if you spend money on a Donkey or Llama get a Proven Guard animal. There are occasional Llamas & donkeys that will even guard a pasture from people! Sad that our Beloved Animal or Herd is like a sign for Free Food to a wild invader (rogue dog).
Good Luck on your New Farm
