Alpacas escaped!

Okay, only one alpaca escaped. And he is rather easy to get back into the pen.

Over the past couple of weeks our Suri alpaca has been escaping about once a day and for a while we were trying to figure out where. Our other 4 boys never try to escape, they like it in their pen with fresh hay and pellets every day, but not Marley. Marley likes to explore and thinks that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. A couple of days ago my sister in laws poodle was outside off leash when Marley was out of the pen, so the dog ran after him and chased him. Marley ran to the far side of the pasture and then leaped over the fence. It's not a super high fence, but still an impressive jump for an alpaca.

I was told that alpacas never challenged fences or tried to get out, well that simply isn't true for this boy. Apparently nobody ever told him that he was supposed to live peacefully in his pasture. Oh well, at least he doesn't try to run away, he must enjoy alone time away from the other pacas.