MAROON BEAUTY

THIS IS JADA...SHE IS A YEAR OLDER NOW AND WILL HAVE A CRIA THIS SUMMER.  SHE IS LIVING IN SOUTHERN OREGON AT SURI FUTURES AND IS FOR SALE. YOU CAN CONTACT US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING  THIS LOVELY SURI.
LAST YEAR I HAND SPUN SOME OF HER AMAZING FLEECE, MADE A COWL, AND SEWED BLACK FRESH WATER PEARLS ON IT...IT WAS STUNNING! ALPACAS COME IN SO MANY GORGEOUS COLORS.

PRETTY GIRL

THIS IS OUR GORGEOUS BAY BLACK YEARLING,,,,SHE IS INCREDIBLY SOFT...HER DADDY MAKES OUR SUPER SOFT BLACK YARN (MINUS THE HAY ON HER BACK!!)

Little Survivor

Eden is her name. She is about 50 lbs of spunk and soft brown silky locks. We keep a coat on her because she is so small and has had such a tough time since she was born last June.

Eden’s mother, Carmel Charm is a beauty and Eden is her first cria(baby). Due to a difficult birth…unusual for alpacas…Eden was born with brain damage. At birth, she was blind and kept walking in circles to the right. Because she was blind and neurologically impaired, she couldn’t figure out how to nurse from her mum. So my good friend, Sherren came to the rescue. She babysat and bottle fed her for several days. When Sherren had to leave, I took over. We bottle fed her and worked with her to get her under her mother to nurse. Eventually, Eden improved and now she bounces around the pasture with the other babies and readily nurses from Charm.

She seems to have recovered most of her eyesight. But she is still very small for her age. We don’t know if she will ever be able to have her own babies, but it doesn’t matter. She is special and a survivor and very friendly. She is White Dog farm’s“little Ambassador”, greeting everyone with a little “hum” and a nose nuzzle.

Buddies

Denali, our Great White Pyranees and the little female shown are buddies.

Denali lives with the herd and protects them.

The moms and babies all know that she is their protector.

Up here on White Dog Hill, we have cougar, Canadian lynx, bobcat, bear, and coyotes…BIG coyotes. We have even spotted a wolf. So Denali takes her job very seriously. She is about 150 lbs of lightening-fast aggression when she thinks her herd may be in danger. When things are quiet, she is just a marshmallow...and a buddy for baby alpacas.

Magic wants to play with Denali...or just a kiss?

Cria (baby alpaca) has eye infection

Eureka is at the front of the pack

Poor Eureka!  Her eye is finally getting better, though.  The vet was here last week and lanced the infection just below her right eye.  It has been draining and she has had to be on antibiotics, but she is finally better!  Thank heavens!!  She was our biggest baby last summer and her dam is the smallest breeding female on the farm.  So Eureka was delivered with a little help from the farmer and her neighbors mid-summer 2010.  She is a beautiful light fawn color(almost golden) and has always been healthy.  But maybe in burrowing her head down into the hay bucket, she must have gotten a little microscopic piece of hay in her lower eyelid.   Kids!!  Things happen sometimes no matter how hard we try to prevent them!!

Every one else is good this morning.  I think we will have three or four babies coming this summer.  Yahoo!!

In South America, the Incans used baby alpaca fleece(sheared like sheep) for only the Royalty.  No one but the King and his family were allowed to wear baby alpaca.

Glacier

You would fall in love with him!

This young male alpaca is named "Glacier."  He is owned by my friend Frieda who specializes in extremely fine fibers.  Glacier was born deaf(his light blue eyes are indicative of this recessive trait), but has a very good life with his herd.  The other alpacas seem to understand his disability and take care of him.  They let him eat out of whatever bowl he wants...they just seem to understand that he needs to be looked after.  Did you know that alpacas can learn Sign Language?