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 Who is Marty McGee Bennett?
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Marty McGee Bennett's Long History of Training Llamas & Alpacas
Marty McGee Bennett has been leading the way in training and handling alpacas and llamas since the early days of the North American camelid industry. Marty's approach to llamas and alpacas has evolved over the years and includes her extensive TTEAM and TTouch training with Linda Tellington Jones. Marty was the first and only practitioner TTEAM-certified specifically for training llamas and alpacas.
Marty McGee Bennett has been a fixture in the alpaca and llama business almost since there was an alpaca and llama business. It was in 1987 after meeting Linda Tellington-Jones when Marty dedicated herself to bringing Linda's work, known as TTEAM (The Tellington-Jones Equine Awareness Method which was later renamed the Tellington Touch Every Animal Method), to the alpaca and llama community.
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A Beginning in Fiber
Marty's interest in camelids started out in the fiber business in 1981. Because so many training and management issues are directly impacted by fiber, one can't fully understand a llama or alpaca until understanding their fiber. This gives Marty an extensive and complete knowledge base from which to draw in working with the animals. In fact, Marty is the only camelid trainer today that is also a professional fiber artist. Marty taught custom spinning, weaving and knitting of llama wool, but since CAMELIDynamics has become her priority. During the 1980s, Marty raised llamas in New York with former husband and now business partner Perry McGee of Zephyr Farm. It was then she began to develop her signature way of teaching people how to have a better relationship with their llamas and alpacas while still getting the job done. These methods evolved into CAMELIDynamics, a safe, respectful and effective approach to handling and training camelids.
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Marty's Work with Veterinary Professionals
Marty seeks to give back to the animals and the human community of llama and alpaca enthusiasts that have given her so much. She offers free training to veterinarians, vet students and veterinary schools. She has taught animal handling seminars at more than half of the veterinary teaching hospitals in the United States including Cornell, Purdue, Texas A & M, Colorado State University, Ohio State University and Oregon State University. These animal professionals and students learn a holistic, balanced approach to handling and treating camelids.
Marty is the only trainer featured in The Veterinary Clinics of North America Series, the industry standard for animal care text books. Her veterinary videos produced with llama veterinary legend Dr. LaRue Johnson and the amazing and indefatigable Dr. David Anderson are transforming the way veterinarians handle camelids. Take a look at Marty's vet videos.
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