Many people do not realize what great therapy animals llamas can be. Not all llamas are cut out for this job, but there are some pretty magical llamas out there that are quite effective. We are currently using two llamas to do therapy work and both are very independent llamas that are totally bombproof. One intact male and one female (a daughter of our other original therapy male) llama are registered therapy llamas through Delta Society Pet Partners.
Our llamas participate at local nursing homes, an HIV group home, Camp Korey (one of the Paul Newman "Hole in the Wall Camps" for kids with life threatening illnesses etc.), schools and any other opportunities that present themselves!
The female Delta Society therapy llama NH Flight of the Eagle was registered to do visits for her owner Marilynn. Marilynn had Lou Gehrig's Disease or ALS and dearly loved her beloved llamas. When Marilynn was very sick and hospitalized in the early Winter of 2009, we made the decision to test and register Flight. Flight was Marilynn's last baby born and had been a very accomplished show llama. Upon being registered Flight became eligible to visit Marilynn in the future when she was in the hospital. Marilynn passed away in August 2010.
Sadly, we lost our other Pet Partner Isle Eagle in September of 2010. He was the perfect therapy llama and earned a perfect score on his test to become a therapy llama both times he was tested.
Niki knows the Delta Society Evaluation for Camelids. She rewrote their information and testing process in 2009. If you want more information about the process or being evaluated, please feel free to contact us anytime!
We love sharing our llamas with everyone and we need more llamas out there doing therapy work.......Therapy Llamas ARE MAGICAL!
Click HERE for our Article on Delta Society Llama Therapy that Niki wrote for American Livestock Magazine
Our llamas were featured in COLORS magazine in the Spring of 2012. COLORS is a division of United Colors of Benneton and operates out of Italy. We wer honored to be interviewed and featured in their magazine. You can see more about this here:
Online Page with Article and Video
***Check out our work on Facebook under "Delta Society Therapy Llamas Marisco & Flight."***
"Isle Eagle" aka "Eagle" Delta Society Pet Partner registered Complex
(Deceased 9/10/10)
*Photos courtesy of Tatsuki Kobayashi*
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"Eagle" was honored to be a part of a Japanese Magazine photo shoot
at Delta Society Headquarters in Bellevue Washington
"Marisco" Delta Society Pet Partner Registered Complex
*Photos courtesy of Tatsuki Kobayashi*
"Flight" Delta Society Pet Partner Registered Complex with
Marilynn
We were honored to be asked in Fall 2009 to be on the cover of Delta
Society's National Magazine, "Interactions."
*Photo courtesy of Tatsuki Kobayashi*
Click here to see our Fall 2009 American Livestock Ad About Our Therapy Llamas
Click here to see the 2008 article on our boys and a Delta Society visit with folks from Botswana
Check out the Delta Society Blog on a Delta Society Pet Therapy Visit with folks from Botswana
Check out the Seattle P.I. Blog on our boys and Delta Society Pet Therapy Work
Click here to go to the Delta Society Pet Therapy website
Click here to see Camp Korey's website
Other Delta Society Therapy Llamas Doing Great Work!
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