Meet my spoilt pet alpacas who think they're labradoodles and live life of luxury
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Spoiled two-year-old Annie was rejected by her mum and had to be bottle-fed every two hours by owner Dannie Burns. Now, she spends her days socialising with labradoodles and stretching her neck out of the car window to get petted by passers-by.
Alpaca follows dad to the kitchen
Super-cute video (click to play above) shows Annie, and her one-year-old daughter Bailey, roaming the house - rolling around on the rug and even following dad into the kitchen when he makes a cuppa. She rejected mixing with the herd of 75 alpacas which roam around in fields, and would rather play with the three family dogs.
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Hide AdAnnie lives a luxurious life as a family pet and wanders around doing what she wants. Dannie said: "I used to find her in the house looking out the window at the other alpacas. She's got a superiority complex over other alpacas. She roams about with the dogs, and learnt to open door handles with her mouth."
Cute alpaca charms traffic cops
But it all started because she was rejected by her mum, and so he had to bottle feed her - which meant he bought a car so she could be with him all the time for feeds.
Mr Burns, of Stirling, said: "She needed bottle feeding every two hours, through the night, like a newborn. We bought the car because she came everywhere with us.”
Annie folds her legs under her on the backseat like a camel - and she loves to stretch her head out the window. She recently charmed traffic cops who stopped to take pictures with her.
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Hide AdStanding around 4ft tall Annie is about the same size as a St Bernard Shepherd dog. She lives on a diet of grains, barley and oats, as well as other stuff she scavenges. Dannie's grain bill last year was £30,000 for the entire herd and he estimates it will be more like £36,000 this year due to the grain coming from Ukraine.
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