So...wish me luck in my camel training venture :-)

[ibpboo]

Good luck in your camel training adventure!

 

[WIChookchick]

Dani,
Do they use the traditional cord through the nose or halters?
I think a camel might be smart enough to recognize 1 bad thing and then associate that with hands, and people..
Have you tried doing a low hum or low key singing to her?

And here is another thought, you say that she has been treated with kindness, but what is kindness to a camel.
Is it indifference, not being hit, simply being fed, watered and left alone?
Or nice pets, brushing, cooing, given little treats?

I only ask is it seems perhaps, if she has simply been left alone and ignored, except for needed care. She may only see hands
and people as ones who cause her pain.
Then again she just may be a dim bulb.
Just wondering.

 

[danischi24]

As for the saying, I'm beginning to understand it after working with these guys. Even the wild (feral) camels of Australia are very easily & quickly trained. These well raised camels show me that they are never really tame.

She arrived several months ago in poor condition with lots of abscesses (malnutrition) so she has had her wounds dressed. She has also been halter trained & learned to lead so she hasn't just been fed & watered though even if she had only been, sensible animals know who feeds them. They are all like this though. We have some in their 20s that have only had kind care & they still don't let their faces be touched. There was one camel which did though. A 4 year old called Soosya that is for sale because she never grew big enough for us to be comfortable putting 2 adults on her like the others.I like her & maybe I'll lease her as my own personal camel. They don't use nose rings on any of their camels, just halters. These camels really do have a good life.