This weekend is our last alpaca show of the season. Ron is in Syracuse with three alpacas, including Snowshoe Aristides, our white male color champion. We’re hoping for another good showing for Ari! Back at the farm, it’s time to clean up and prepare for winter. We’ve been working on … Read More
Two big events coming this weekend: NYS Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY and Green Mountain Alpaca Show in Essex Jct, VT. I’ll be in NY and Ron will be at the show. We have help with the farm for the weekend, so we should be able to manage. … Read More
Our fellow alpaca breeder, Karen, from Moonacre Farm, picked up our champion white male, Snowshoe Aristides, early this morning to take him to the MAPACA Eastern Alpaca Jubilee in Harrisburg, PA. Ron is too busy shearing this time of year to travel to a show, so Karen will show Ari … Read More
The first alpaca show of the season plus a family gathering for Easter made for a very busy weekend! Aristides, our champion white male took a respectable fourth in his class. It was one of the toughest classes we’ve seen with several champions in the line-up! Just making the cut … Read More
We’re busy this morning with last-minutes preparations for our first show of the season, the North American Alpaca Show, which is held in Springfield, MA at the Eastern States Exposition. Ron will be showing our champion white male, Snowshoe Aristides. After several days of rain, Aristides is not looking his … Read More
Registration for the North American Alpaca Show opened this morning. Spring is on the way! We’ll reserve our pens today for the two males we’ll be showing: our white multi-champion, Snowshoe Aristides, and our juvie male, Snowshoe Pharoah. We’ll also reserve space for a suri male, Christopher, owned by our … Read More
This past weekend was our last alpaca show of the season. It’s good to be done; there’s a lot to do around here before winter! This show (New England Coastal Classic) was a bit upside down from the last two shows. Aristides won second place in his class and first … Read More
We’re packing up today for our last alpaca show of the season. This one is in Worcester, MA. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that Aristides can win his third championship in a row! The weather is decidedly “November” here. Cold, gray and snow showers threatening. Time to break out the … Read More
This coming weekend is the second of three alpaca show weekends in a row. That means today we’re busy packing so Ron can head out tomorrow morning. This weekend’s show is in Vermont, so travel is easy. We have what we call our “show box” that’s filled with the supplies, marketing materials … Read More
Our young white male alpaca, Aristides, won a blue ribbon and Reserve Champion at the North East Alpaca Show in Syracuse this weekend. David and Kathleen VanGelder from Cedar Brook Alpacas took Ari to the show for us. Ron is busy with shearing this time of year. Many thanks to … Read More