The title “Futurity Champion” brings with it perhaps more cachet than any other term in the US alpaca industry. Though the Futurity is often not the largest alpaca show in the country, it has always been the toughest. It is unquestionably the Major Leagues to every other large show’s AAA ball. If you are in the the ribbons…
Jen headed up the hill Christmas morning at 6 AM to do the same thing we had been doing for the last month: check on our final due female, Ascension, who had been living in the Arena’s warm room since November. Within minutes the phones were ringing down at the house, phones which I was…
We’re grateful to those of you who often come up to me or Jen and mention how much you enjoy reading this blog. I have to say that I’m always amused by the small percentage of people who can’t imagine that I’m the one sitting behind the keyboard on this little enterprise of ours. Don’t…
As I write this on early Friday afternoon there is technically snow falling outside of my office window. Though I am an enthusiastic alpine skier, I can’t claim to be totally happy about this. I suspect my psychological state, at least this time of the year, consistently lags behind the local climactic reality by at…
Well that was interesting to say the least. We honestly didn’t head to the Empire show in Syracuse, NY last Friday thinking that we could possibly improve upon the previous week’s results from the Green Mountain show, yet improve we did. How well did we do? I think that both Jennifer and I would say…
No, not that end. Nor that one. I’m just talking about the end of the birthing season here! With the final 9 expectant females all in the same feed group together up at the Arena, we can actually visualize it too. Of course if we were smart, we would have bred all of our females…
