I am my Brothers Keeper

Shooter is a young male alpaca who was born last summer on the farm.  From the very beginning he was the kind of independent cria that would drive a mom crazy.  No matter how much humming or clicking Lilly would do Shooter had his own thoughts about how his life should be spent.  Most days you would see him wander away from mom to explore the world on his own.  That plan continued for Shooter until fall came around and a little cria named Brighton was born.  Brighton has lived his life with caution.  He spent the first weeks glued to his mother with little thought of what might be beyond the grass around his feet.  He was happy to be a momma’s boy..  That was until Shooter decided they should be friends.  From the moment Shooter decided Brighton was going to be his friend he took his responsibilities with the ut  most seriousness.  Shooter would pull Brighton away from his mother going sometime to the extreme of running at him at full speed and knocking him over until Brighton would have to chase him.  When Brighton realized his running took him away from mom he would swing around to run back only to have Shooter cut him off and knock him down again as if to say, “You don’t need her, now stand up and let’s explore.”  This went on for some time but eventually Shooter began to win the battle.  Brighton was now following Shooter around instead of his mother.

Now, we find ourselves a year later and the boys have long been separated from their mothers.  But their friendship has stayed.  Shooter  has become Brighton’s protector.  Brighton doesn’t really need a protector but the relationship seems to work for the two of them.  They are inseparable.  . Shooter will not let any one else in the herd do anything to Brighton that he feels is unfair.  Mess with Brighton and you have Shooter to deal with.  The Lone Ranger and Tonto had nothing on these two  Yes, Shooter is truly Brighton’s keeper and that is a good thing.

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