Beni's Story 

Our first look at "Midnight", a one-year-old rescue at Hidden Oaks Llama Ranch

 "Beni ", shortly after he first came to our home

 "Beni" is the latest addition to our Mountain Peaks Llamas herd, and we're very hopeful that he will be able to become certified in the years to come!

We heard about Beni from Sherri Tallmon, owner of Hidden Oaks Llama Ranch, where we purchased our amazing therapy llama, Smokey. At that time, Beni's name was "Midnight", and Sherri had rescued him from a farm where he was not being fed, or properly cared for. She was convinced that Midnight would not survive if she did not intervene, and so she took him in, and provided him with the necessary treatments to regain his health.(Sherri has been honored for her commitment to rescuing, and placing, many rehabilitated llamas into loving homes over the years.) Because Beni was so touchable and people friendly, Sherri suggested him to us for possible future therapy use, and so we brought him to our home on September 23rd, 2009, to help continue his recovery, and fell in love with him almost immediately! We decided to adopt Beni a few weeks later to train for therapy. It has been very fun to have a new little guy around the farm, and Beni has already done several "unofficial" therapy visits to places that don't mind that he is not certified yet, and everyone just loves him! We think his future is very bright!

(We renamed Midnight "Benito" because it seemed to fit him better- "Benito" means "blessing" in Spanish, and he definately has been a blessing to us!)

Beni's first "unofficial" therapy visit to Serendipity Center- December 2009

Beni's visit to Orchard's Village Senior Community- the residents loved him!

Shannon walked Beni in the 2009 Portland Macy's Parade- he did great!