They're sheared for their fleece - very very soft, they're like petting a cloud. Hers was sheared in the spring, and is only about half grown out, they get really long.
And they put little packs on them and use them as pack animals in the Andes I guess :~)
That's what I was thinking, but I thought I might have been thinking of llamas.
Several people around here have them in their pastures with horses. Do they make good companions for horses:)
Becky