Max took 4th place in his class in 1997 at the American Royal held in Kansas City, Missouri. He was shown by his buyer, Nancie Gilbreath of Prairie Point Llamas. The judge pointed out to the crowd that although Max was smaller in height than the other boys over 36 months, he was well behaved and built very nicely. Sneaky has never been shown, but his full brother (a year younger), Castalia's Once in a Blu Moon, took 3rd in his class at the 1997 LOWS Classic, and first in his class at the 1998 LOWS Classic. He was shown both years by his buyer, Glenda Steinke of Mt. Silcox Llamas.

This is a series of photos of the boys playing. The photos were taken from far away and are a bit blurry, but still kind of cute. Just click on the red words to see the photo, and use your browser "Back" button to return here for the next one. Max was about 9 to 10 months old here, Sneaky about 2 to 3 months old.

Sneaky wants to play, he's young and energetic. He decides bugging Max is his best option for finding some action. After a few minutes Max decides to go after Sneaky. The next photo in the series is the one below on this page. Max is trying to get a nip in and Sneaky is trying to keep out of reach.

Sneaky wheels around to stand his ground and the photo below shows both of them rearing up to chest-butt each other.

Max comes out on top and after a few more tries, Sneaky knows he can't beat Max at wrestling. Sneak's fastest solution is to run to his Moma, who will always protect him by spitting at Max, even though Sneak started the whole thing. (Reminds me of my childhood. My younger brother would bug me until I went after him, then he'd run to Mom and I'd get yelled at for picking on him.)