Alpacas: Cute .. but totally untrainable!

The title is, of course, a come on!
Banksy has been trained using the clicker (operant conditioning) method. The frequent rewarding seen on the video would not be necessary in "normal" circumstances, (and indeed would be a sign of weak/insecure training) but I was working under stressful conditions, namely with a cameraman present!
Banksy is a suri alpaca. I do not know how he compares, in trainability, to other suris as I know of no other person eccentric enough to be doing it. But he is certainly very trainable ... if needing a great deal of repetition compared to llamas. Having said that, he is much less easily distracted (except by the camera) than llamas and would love to be trained all day.

[@stevewilson4640]

I disagree with the video title. I trained an alpaca to behave like an alpaca. It was a great success!

[@KestrelBlais]

Totally inspiring.

[@user-eo1ys8yu2n]

Cute and awesome

[@SuperMasterTurtle]

Untrainable? Seems to be well trained.

[@ogthedinosaur]

Amazing!!

[@mandygerlach9621]

It works very good

[@deedeeanimalfarm]

This is wonderful at what age do you start training them

[@hafizhafiz867]

It does the acts simply bcos of the treats. Humans wud do the same if they're caged or confined for the rest of their lives. And its all juz for a show

[@mufarissahir2727]

Untrainable? 😐

[@danicollins8146]

Hello! Great video! Do you have a contact email? I'd like to request permission to use this wonderful video in an online course. :D

[@zxzllamazxz]

Hello,
I've tried, unsuccessfully, to send you an e-mail, but you certainly have my permission to use any of my videos for your online course.
Do you have a means of telling me you have received this?!
Regards,
Terry Crowfoot