At the Pennsylvania Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association Breeders Showcase, members of the Pronking Pacas Bucks County 4-H club participated in showmanship, obstacles and public relations competitions.
Alpaca showmanship classes are like other animal shows in that the handler is scored on how well he/she knew and showed the animal. The obstacle event demonstrates the alpaca’s ability and willingness to accept training and to work with its handler through a variety of obstacles. The obstacle course had participants leading their alpacas through a set of challenges, including a jump, a see-saw, running to a stop, jumps and weaving through cones, just to name a few. Public relations is essentially an obstacle course with people also used as part of the obstacle, such as a person petting the alpaca or a crowd making a noise.
The club brought home a number of ribbons in the Intermediate and Junior age divisions.
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