We are thrilled to announce that Celebrity Sales today named us the Huacaya Large Breeder of the Year for the 2012 Futurity! While we have truly never gone out to the Futurity chasing that particular trophy, this year the stars aligned just right for what was the deepest show string in our breeding program’s history….
We went to Nebraska last week hopeful that we would compete if nothing else. While we have certainly had our share of success stories at the Futurity over the years, there have also been many times when we have gone with animals we genuinely believed in only to have our you-know-whats handed to us. If…
Man, was it ever nice to actually sleep through last night here at home, even if the residual adrenaline of the road trip did initially keep me up past my normal bedtime. At some point on Monday evening as my friend Ryen Munro and I were driving our way back home through the cornfields of…
Oh, the joys of a road trip! We’re sitting here in our hotel room in Grand Island, NE after 24 + hours of driving since Tuesday. We pulled in this morning for the Futurity after spending the night just a couple of hours away in Omaha. The 60 or so critters that were part of…
Ah, the thrill of a jaunt out to Grand Island, Nebraska. I’ve heard it’s grand. After all it’s in the name isn’t it? I’m expecting big things: fresh midwestern air, great restaurants, and exciting nightlife…what’s that? Oh. We’ve literally been planning this one for months with our friends at Tripping Gnome Farm — we caravan…
As I pointed out a couple of days ago, going to alpaca shows with high expectations can be an exercise in futility and disappointment some times. What you think you have in your show pens and what the judges think you have are not always the same thing. Let us also not forget that particularly…
