Llama Assistant

Asistance dogs are becoming more common. There are dogs that aid the deaf by listening for doors, kettles, oxygen monitor alarms etc. There are dogs that aid the wheel chair bound by opening doors, carrying books and bags and retreiving dropped objects.

One interesting application of assistance dogs I saw recently was a Saint Bernard trained to just stand there, as a solid support, while a very arthritic old lady struggled from a sitting to a standing position.

This last application would be better performed by house llamas. A cinch strap, suitably padded, could be attached to the llama and large handles similar to those on a pommel horse could be affixed to the strap. Even without the handles, the thick woolly fur of a llama would provide a solid grip to enable someone with weak legs or hips to rise out of a chair.

House llamas would also keep your grass low and could be trained to wash your windows with llama spit.