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| May 9 - 11, 2008 | | PAOBA BREEDERS SHOWCASE YORK, PA, USA | | http://www.paoba.org/breedersshowcase/
Click here for details | | May 10, 2008 | | Neonatal Clinic Medina, OH, USA | | Just in time for the spring/summer birthing season! Come join us for a day of valuable birthing information with a hands-on Neonatal Clinic. The Lecture will cover breeding, reproductive management, birthing and neonatal care. The wet lab, using donated dead crias in uterine simulators, will give breeders hands-on experience at how to identify and correct dystocias. The class will divide into two groups to go into the labs, making for smaller lab groups. During the Lab times, an additional seminar will be offered to the group not in the lab on “Treating your Alpaca Business, as a Business.” Jeff Kressin, owner of Alpacas of Ohio, LLC and various other small businesses, will give tips and tricks on the business side of running an alpaca farm, including the “Hows and Whys” of incorporating, protecting yourself in these “lawsuit happy” times, record keeping, marketing, customer service, and a question and answer session. Click here for details | | May 10, 2008 | | Open House Centerview, MO, USA | | Tour our new location and meet Delilah, our Camel! Several alpacas for sale with special pricing just for this event! Click here for details | | May 10, 2008 | | Alpaca Shearing Day Open House Prichard, WV, USA | | We invite you to come to the Alpaca Shearing Day Open House on
Saturday May 10, 2008.
This event will host some of the areas finest alpacas!
Country Roads Alpacas of Prichard, WV will be hosting the event. More
than 40 alpacas are scheduled to be on hand for shearing and public
viewing. This Open House event is free to the public so bring your whole
family out for a day of fun and education. At this Open House event you will get to see one of God's amazing creations and enjoy a day with family and friends. For those interested in the alpaca lifestyle, this Open House event will enable you to get a hands-on experience of alpacas, ask questions about getting started, setting up ranch facilities, alpaca nutrition and herd management, financing, what to do with all that fiber, and how to market animals.
Current breeders are invited to check out what breeders in this area have to offer. Please visit the website for more information.
http://www.gsfalpacas.com/2008Shearingday.html Click here for details | | May 10 - 11, 2008 | | "Planning For Profit in the Alpaca Industry" Fowler, OH, USA | | Click here for details | | May 16, 2008 | | Alpaca Shearing/Open Farm Fun Day Jackson, MI, USA | | Plan to attend the Open Barn Fun day convienently located near I 94 and US127. Watch professional shearer Steve Abel shear over 40 alpacas. Demonstrations include preparation for shearing, removing the fleece, tooth and nail trimming, skirting fleece, carding fleece, spinning the fleece into yarn. This is your opportunity to handle alpacas and participate in processing the fleece. Shop in Annabelle's Alpaca Clothing Store and bring home unique gifts for friends and family. All events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available. Click here for details | | May 17, 2008 | | Free Open Ranch Day Rusk, TX, USA | | Get a hands-on experience of alpacas and miniature llamas, ask questions about getting started, setting up ranch facilities, alpaca nutrition and herd management, financing, what to do with all that fiber, and how to market your animals. Luxurious alpaca yarn, weavings, and apparel will be for sale.
Herdsire Review: The alpaca and mini-llama herdsires will be available for you review if you're looking for stud services for you special females. Great opportunity to see the new crias.
Get directions to the ranch Click here for details | | May 17, 2008 | | Annual Bill Watkins Shearing clinic at Rain Dance Pond Dolgeville, NY, USA | | Have you wanted to shear your alpacas but thought it was too difficult? Well, Mr. Bill Watkins will be putting on his annual Shearing Seminar at Alpacas of Rain Dance Pond this May 17th in Oppenheim/Dolgeville, NY.
Bill is a Master Shearer who has not only been raising alpacas for years (Frostglenn, Loudon, TN) but also invented the widely used alpaca restraint - the Pro-Tie. He has developed his shearing seminar to cover all the necessary aspects of getting the fiber off an alpaca safely and quickly (This will be a more intense program of the one Bill gives at the Nationals).
If you have the desire to become less dependent on the whims of traveling shearing professionals now is the time to sign up for Bill’s seminar. So that everyone has the full attention that learning a new skill requires we limit the class size to 12.
Our seminars include a through discussion of the tools needed (bring yours if you wish) along with both lecture and hands on time...by the end of the seminar each participant will have had the opportunity to shear an alpaca.
Along with the in depth approach Bill takes there is time for questions and individual help as your skills develop. It goes without saying that after you leave you’ll have many questions and Bill will be available via phone to help you through those difficulties.
Our seminars provide you with welcome coffee and rolls, refreshments throughout the day and a catered luncheon. Click here for details | | May 17, 2008 | | Spring on the Farm - Alpaca Shearing Day Kewaunee, WI, USA | | Alpaca shearing, educational displays and presentations and demonstrations will highlight the day at the Heritage Farm (5 miles south of Kewaunee, WI on Hwy. 42). We will be shearing alpacas all day, demonstrating how we prepare an alpaca for shearing, shearing the fiber off and separating it for further use, toenail trimming and teeth upkeep. There will also be spinning, weaving and felting demonstrations and the opportunity to try these out for yourself. There will also be sheep shearing going on throughout the day. This event is part of the Old Ironsides Day sponsored by the Agricultural Heritage and Resources of Kewaunee. Click here for details | | May 17, 2008 | | 2nd Annual ABUV Spring Fling & Open Barn Day! Roseburg, OR, USA | | Come join us on Saturday, May 17th from 10am to 4pm at Humming Pines Alpacas in Roseburg, Oregon for the 2nd Annual ABUV Spring Fling and Open Barn Day!
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In the comfort of a covered arena, come meet alpacas and breeders from 8 local Douglas County alpaca farms. In addition to getting your hands on alpacas and their luxurious fleece, there will be fiber demonstrations to include skirting, spinning, needle felting and machine knitting.
Learn about significant tax advantages and how to put the profit back into ranching.
Browse the ABUV Boutique for special and unique alpaca products including socks, scarves, sweaters, hats, yarn, teddy bears and more!
Take an alpaca for a walk and be sure to bring your camera for that special photo opportunity. We’ll have activities for the kids and free door prizes too!
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From I-5, take Exit 124 in Roseburg, travel 1.7 miles west on Harvard Ave to Lookingglass Road and then follow the white alpaca signs to Humming Pines Alpacas. We look forward to seeing you there, rain or shine!
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For more information, please call Michelle Walker at 672-9642 or 784-3450 or Julie Johnson at 459-2907. Click here for details | | May 17, 2008 | | ALPACA FARM DAY OPEN HOUSE Vermilion, OH, USA | | Great opportunity to visit 60 alpacas of various colors and ages on 8 acres of lovely farm land in Vermilion, Ohio. A hands on experience with the alpacas for all ages. The alpacas will entertain you for the day and the alpaca owners will answer all inquiries(i.e., tax benefits, benefits of owning your own farm or boarding) and offer free alpaca literature. Bring your cameras and catch the new babies running the pastures. Refreshments are provided. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Click here for details | | May 17, 2008 | | What to do with all this fiber!! Alliance, OH, USA | | Presentation will include:
Natural Fiber Comparisons
The Processing Process
Who wants my fiber and in what form?
Fiber Mills
Alpaca Fiber Coop
Sales of Fiber Products
Storage of Alpaca Fiber
Introduction of Cool Breeze Fiber Products
Hands on fiber project
Click here for details | | May 17 - 18, 2008 | | Willamette Valley Alpaca Fleece Show Scio, OR, USA | | Fleece Show in conjuction with the Linn County Lamb and Wool Festival.
Mail in fleeces will be accepted also if you are attending the Heart of the Valley the weekend before we will deliver them for you. Click here for details | | May 17 - 18, 2008 | | Waynesburg Sheep and Fiber Fest Waynesburg, PA, USA | | Visitors to Waynesburg, PA may feel as if the clock has turned back a century if they try to drive through the town’s historic business district on the 18th & 19th of May this year. The fact is, four city blocks of the main thoroughfare through the Southwestern, PA Burg will be closed to motorized traffic to make room for...Sheep. “We’re not driving a herd through town, although that actually was a common sight along many rural roads in the past; but we will have live animals on display,” said Carol Adamson, Chairman of the Third Annual Sheep & Fiber Fest in downtown Waynesburg, PA. According to Adamson, the festival is coordinated by Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful, a Main Street USA Organization, and sponsored in part by National City Bank. “The sheep & fiber industry has historically played an important role in our county’s agricultural base, and everyone comes out to enjoy all the wonderful spinning and weaving going on. We have demonstrations of shearing and different breeds too, and plenty of delicious lamb cuisine being served up that weekend,” Adamson says.
The festival schedule includes a juried crafts show and sale featuring vendors from throughout the region, many demonstrating and selling fiber related wares. One of the most popular activities is the “Sheep To Shawl” demonstration in which several teams are in a timed competition to create a finished piece of woolen apparel. “Spectators will see the process from the actual shearing of the sheep, cleaning and carding of the wool, then spinning and weaving into the finished shawl, all in one quick ‘assembly line’ type operation,” Adamson explains, “We have several Spinners & Weavers Guilds from the region participating and the finished shawls will be offered at auction to festival go’ers.”
Other activities include a Lamb Grilling Competition, Fiber workshops in which the public can participate to learn knitting, spinning, weaving and dyeing techniques. Also popular are the live border collie shepherding shows, in which real working dogs show off their skills in herding live sheep; a photography contest and exhibit; live musical entertainment and various children’s activities.
“We’re closing down the streets for loads of fun, food and unique crafts & shopping while we celebrate the heritage of sheep, wool and fiber in Greene County, PA,” Adamson says. The two-day festival is slated for May 17th & 18th, 2008 in Waynesburg, PA, located along I-79 approx. 50 miles Click here for details | | May 17 - 18, 2008 | | Farm Day Shearing and Fiber Works Palisade, CO, USA | | Open farm days will include shearing demonstrations, skirting, fiber carding and barrel tumbling. Refreshments will be served and farm store open with finished products. Click here for details | | May 17 - 18, 2008 | | Weekend Fiber Workshop Somerset, VA, USA | | Learn to turn your fiber into finished products to sell in this weekend long marathon felting workshop! We'll skirt, card, wet felt, needle felt, and more. Make a purse, hat, scarf, etc and take home all the great things you make!
Workshop runs 9-4 each day and includes breakfast and lunch. From 4-6 we'll break for dinner on your own then we'll gather again for an optional "Sit and Spin" session. This is a great time to finish the details on the items you made during the day or even make some more projects. You can try out the carder or even the spinning wheel. Click here for details | | May 24, 2008 | | Stacy Heydt's FELTING WORKSHOP Pocahontas, AR, USA | | If you haven't seen Stacy's work, you must! She redefines felting. Her gossemer-style is fiber art! Join us 9 am-4:30 pm. Lunch and fiber can be provided. Click here for details | | May 24 - 26, 2008 | | Open Barn and Shearing Sherwood, OR, USA | | Take a break from the Memorial Day Winery Tours to visit the alpacas, shop in the barn store, and watch the alpacas get their annual shearing. Click here for details | | May 24 - 26, 2008 | | Suri Farm Open Days Cave Junction, OR, USA | | Come see our shearing demonstration showing our special tecnhique for the suri fleece. We'll have about 12 newborn babies, and a very special treat - our new True Black Stud has arrived!
In the Barn, see and feel the new textiles and fashions made from suri fiber, including carpets made from leg wool. We'll have raw fleece for sale, roving, yarns and felts. Fiber artists welcome!!
Barn open hours are 11-5pm over Memorial Day weekend Sat - Mon. Please stop by for a cup of coffee or tea and see the excitement first hand!! Click here for details | | May 25 - January 1, 2008 | | Informational Open House Buxton, ME, USA | | We invite you to the farm for our annual spring open house. There will be several area farms on hand allowing you to visit several farms in one convenient location. A focus on fiber with spinning, felting and natuaral dying as well as Flaagy Meadow Fiber Mill speaking about what a mill can do with your fiber. Shearing demos, a Q&A with our vet, Dr. Nicole Maillhot, DVM, and one day only special pricing on a select group of suri and huacaya alpacas. AOBA certified judge Dawn Brooker will be available to evaluate all alpacas. We hope to see you on the farm for this great event! Click here for details | | May 25, 2008 | | Humdinger Alpaca's Shearing Festival Phillipsburg, NJ, USA | | Open farm shearing day from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Spend Sunday of Memorial Day weekend with us having a fun day on the farm in beautiful, historic Pohatcong County. About 20 huacaya and suri alpacas will be sheared. Learn about shearing, toenail clipping and uses for alpaca fiber. Owners will be available to answer your questions about the care and feeding of Alpacas. Alpaca products including yarn from our fleeces, machine and hand knit garments, and fleeces "hot off the alpacas" will be available for sale. Our entire sales list of alpacas will be offered at a 10% discount. Great for alpaca lovers and fiber artists. Click here for details | | May 31, 2008 | | Neonatal Clinic by Dr. Susan McClanahan, DVM, MPH of the U of M Lake Shore, MN, USA | | Neonatal Clinic by Dr. Susan McClanahan, DVM, MPH of the U of M. Located in the beautiful Gull Lake area, guests will enjoy a day chocked full of information on prenatal care, birthing, post natal care of the cria, breeding, and farm management strategies for keeping your alpacas healthy. Susan McClanahan has been a leader in camelid care and is well known by the alpaca breeders in Minnesota and the surrounding states. She is Assistant Professor in the small ruminants division of the U of M and has been a constant source of help and information for us. We are so happy that she has agreed to come to our farm and to give this program. Click here for details | | May 31, 2008 | | Misty Ridge Stud Male Parade & Pen Sale Mount Vernon, WA, USA | | Good breeding decisions will greatly improve your next generation. Don’t settle for average when you can have astounding!
- Stud male parade and raffle of three elite stud services.
- Pen sales with different price ranges and affordable to any budget.
- Show quality package deals.
- Educational talks.
- Alpaca fashion and antiques.
- Breakfast & lunch.
- Farm tour…AND MUCH MORE!
Mark Your Calendars!
Don’t miss this event… It promises to be a fun day.
* Pen sale, package deals and raffle more alpacas, not listed on website.
Click here for details | | June 1, 2008 | | After the Shearing - Working with Fleeces Los Lunas, NM, USA | | One of a series of fiber seminars covering a variety of topics and including a fiber arts project.
Fiber topics include skirting, sorting, and preparing fiber for
processing. Bring one of your own fleeces if you wish to work with it.
Fiber arts project will be weaving a small piece on a loom, and adding fibers from the fleeces and other embellishments to it.
Warped looms ready to weave on will be available for the class but are not included in your fee.
Cost: $35.00; weaving supplies included
Click here for details | | June 4, 2008 | | Close-Knit Clippin' Day Woodhull, NY, USA | | Make your plans to visit Moon Ivy Hill in Woodhull, New York and help with the annual shearing of the Close-Knit Alpacas! There are many tasks along the "assembly-line" and you are NEEDED! The day starts early (7:30 a.m.) but concludes around noon, because two stations will be set up to get the alpacas shorn, trimmed and back out to their pastures quickly, lessening stress and making them all very happy to be "naked!" The work team will conclude with lunch and beverages on the deck overlooking the pastures...Call for more details and to sign up to help! Click here for details | | June 7, 2008 | | 2nd Annual Herd Sire Review Battle Ground, WA, USA | |
1st Choice Alpacas is proud to host this 2nd Annual Herd Sire Review!
See and compare fine examples of quality Northwest herd sires at this 1-day event.
Bring Your Checkbook!
This event is designed for you to find excellent quality herd sires from quality farms in the Pacific Northwest. The participating farms are motivated to "work a deal" with attendees. Though not required, you should come prepared to arrange for herd sires services at this event.
Educational Lunchtime Seminar
Also attend a lunchtime (potluck) seminar conducted by a Washington State University Veterinary College intern Dr.Stacey Byers. Dr. Byers will discuss WSU's latest research which will surely add to your alpaca breeding and health knowledge.
Stacey Byers, DVM
Camelid & Agriculture Animal Medicine Resident
Washington State University
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Pullman, WA 99164-7060
More information at http://1stchoicealpacas.com/events/index.html Click here for details | | June 7, 2008 | | Foundations for Success Portland, IN, USA | | Starting and Building Your Alpaca Business
Foundations for Success is a fun and informative day focusing on the benefits of owning and raising alpacas. Learn how to start and build your alpaca business from two established Indiana alpaca breeders. Educational materials, lunch and refreshments provided.
This day-long event is sponsored jointly by Ravada Hills Alpaca Farm and Heritage Farm Suri Alpacas. It is designed to help new and existing alpaca breeders as well as those just exploring the possibilities of owning alpacas. The day is packed full of great alpaca information. Learn to build for success in selecting the best alpacas, setting up your farm, keeping your alpacas healthy, running a profitable alpaca business and much more! The event will be held two times this year, in the spring and in the fall:
Saturday, June 7th at Ravada Hills
Saturday, Sept. 13th at Heritage Farm
The events are identical, so pick your best date and mark your calendar. Here are some highlights:
• The Alpaca Industry - Past, Present and Future
• Creating a Home for Your Herd - Facilities, fences and pasture layouts
• Maintaining a Healthy Herd - Nutrition, management and herd health
• It Pays to Be Different - Finding Your Niche
• Selecting Your First Alpacas
• All About Fiber
• Marketing for Success
• Why Consider Suris?
• Buying from "Farms of Distinction"
...and much more!
Our goal is for you to complete the seminar with a better understanding of what it takes to succeed in this industry and some practical tools to help you do just that.
Cost and Registration
Registration costs include a seminar folder full of educational materials and an informative DVD. Snacks and Lunch are also included.
Per Person: $100
Each Additional Person per Farm: $50
More information and Registration Forms can be found HERE
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs05
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html Click here for details | | June 7, 2008 | | Dr. Cheryl DeWitt's Neonatal Clinic Fremont, OH, USA | | Dr. Cheryl DeWitt will present her Neonatal Clinic to prepare you for the upcoming breeding/birthing season. The morning will be spent in lecture covering many Reproductive topics such as: preparing for Delivery, 3 stages of Labor, emergencies, Care of the newborn, premature crias, infertility issues in males and females, etc. The afternoon will be spent in a hands-on wet lab, where you will learn how to determine if your female is in trouble and practice manipulating a mis-positioned cria in a simulated uterus. Click here for details | | June 7 - 8, 2008 | | Alpaca 101 Seminar Shawnee, OK, USA | | This Seminar will be all classes on Saturday, covering things like: History of alpacas, Herd Management, Sheering and Fiber, Reproduction and Cria care, Facility Design and Bio-Security, Contracts, Insurance, Tax Implications, and a local vet will be teach health and care of the alpacas.
Breakfast and Lunch will be provides on Saturday. Sunday will be open ranch day for you to visit Alpaca farms in our area. Click here for details | | June 7 - 8, 2008 | | Planning For Profit in the Alpaca Industry Fowler, OH, USA | | Here is the best opportunity you will have to learn how to profit from and run an organized business in the alpaca industry. This seminar is conducted by full time breeders with more than fifteen years of experience, the Chief Credit Officer of a multi billion dollar Financial Institution, CPA’s who along with clients own alpacas, plus JUDE ANDERSON an internationally renown alpaca judge will impart their experience, wisdom and advice on how to run an alpaca farm business in the “Planning For Profit in the Alpaca Industry” seminar.
If you are new to alpacas
If you want to benefit from the considerable tax advantages of alpaca ownership
If you want a customized and realistic business model
If you want an honest assessments from experienced, successful alpaca breeders who are honest about what it takes to succeed
If you would like to explore the many alpaca business niches that exist and the nuances involved in each
If you’d like an introduction to alpaca selection and sound breeding advice from an internationally recognized judge with over 15 years of alpaca breeding experience….
Then you should contact us to find out more about the professional advice you will get from this rare opportunity at www.bcfalpacas.com/events.
All meals and seminar materials included.
Click here for details | | June 7 - 8, 2008 | | 8th Annual Maine Fiber Frolic Windsor, ME, USA | | Over 75 farms and retailers will showcase their livestock, fiber and products for over 2,000 fiber enthusiasts.
Instructional fiber arts workshops and free educational presentations will be held throughout the weekend. Hundreds of llamas, alpacas, rabbits, sheep and goats will be on display and retail vendors will feature raw and value-added fibers, specialty products, supplies and equipment for sale.
Special events include the Maine Llama Drill Team Parade, herding dog demonstrations, fleece show/sales, and youth goat, llama and sheep shows. There will also be talks on topics such as packing with llamas, raising and breeding specialty livestock, and various fiber-related activities for both children and adults. Click here for details | | June 7 - 8, 2008 | | Dr. Norm Evans, DVM - 2 Day Seminar Jarrettsville, MD, USA | | Dr. Norm Evans has set the standard for camelid health. He's coming to Criative Acres to share his wisdom with us, and we couldn't be more excited!
Topics will include herd health/management, parasite control, costly management errors, nutrition to maximize alpaca fiber, breeding through birthing and mother & cria assessment, blood collection, handling and interpretation, skin biopsy and fiber production, and administering and reading ultrasounds.
This seminar will provide you with in-depth knowledge of alpacas and alpaca husbandry and is limited to the first 30 participants to allow proper interaction with Dr. Evans.
Click here for details | | June 7 - 8, 2008 | | Focus on Fiber Barrington , NH, USA | | Focus on Fiber with Wini Labreque!
Learn about Skirting, preparing, processing fleece. What are the judges looking for? Making great breeding decisions. Fiber Forensics. Felting.
This is a whole weekend of fiber fun! This will be a nice small group, so sign up now! Go to www.alpacaperspectives.org!
There will be a continental breakfast and lunch provided each day. There is a link to area hotels on the website. We hope to see you soon!
Thanks your hosts at Alpaca Perspectives! Click here for details | | June 8, 2008 | | Alpaca Heritage Events' Fiber Fiesta 2008 Jobstown (Springfield Township), NJ, USA | | A Hot Show for Cool Alpacas!
The Fiber Fiesta not only includes terrific alpaca fiber/yarn sales and spinning demonstrations, but also includes the Alpaca Heritage Bare Naked Show (shorn alpacas only, of course), costume classes, showmanship classes, and an agility course.
Alpaca breeders as well as spinners, knitters, felters, and other fiber artists are invited to visit and purchase locally produced alpaca fleeces and yarns.
Free seminars and free admission to all visitors.
For more information, including directions and registration forms, please go to www.AlpacaHeritage.com. Click here for details | | June 11 - 13, 2008 | | AOBA Certified Fleece Show at Estes Park Wool Market Estes Park, CO, USA | | Don't miss entering your fleece in one of the best AOBA Certified Shows in the country. Amy Bliss-Miller, from Gig Harbor, Washington will judge this Level III show. For registration forms and information, visit www.estesnet.com/events. First through fifth place ribbons will be awarded. Trophies will include, Judge's Choice, Best Hand, Best Prepared, Best Brightness-Huacaya, Best Luster-Suri. Best Crimp-Huacaya, Best Lock Formation-Suri and Most Commercially Valuable (one award per breed type). For information concerning fleece preparation rules and regulations, refer to the AOBA Show Division Booklet 2008. Don't miss this great opportunity to participate.In fact, make a plan to visit Estes Park, Colorado during Wool Market and enjoy the beautiful Rocky Mountains and a ton of other furry critters. Click here for details | | June 13, 2008 | | Alpaca Health Alert: Nutrition Lecture with Dr. Van Saun Smithsburg, MD, USA | | Recent and widespread events have underscored the importance of nutrition awareness and the need for continued vigilance over our alpaca feeding protocols.
Robert Van Saun, DVM, PhD will present a half-day lecture on this important topic including instructions on how to assess your current feeding program, interpret test results and make modifications.
Dr. Van Saun is the author of the chapter entitled "Feeding the Alpaca" in The Complete Alpaca Book and Extension Veterinarian/Professor of Veterinary Science at Penn State. He has consulted countless alpaca farms on nutrition issues.
Breeders are urged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn from THE leading authority on alpaca nutrition.
Due to overwhelming interest and space constraints, this seminar will be presented in two sessions - AM and PM.
Click here for details and to register today! Click here for details | | June 14, 2008 | | ABC-Alpaca Beginners Conference Middleville, MI, USA | | Are you interested in alpacas? Here is your opportunity to learn the basics of operating a PROFITABLE alpaca busness. This interactive seminar teaches How To: market and sell alpacas, write a business plan, decide which alpacas to purchase, purchase your first alpacas, insure your alpacas, care for your alpacas set up your farm or board your alpacas, sell fiber and more. An experienced alpaca CPA will explain tax benefits and an experienced alpaca veterinarian will be available for Q & A. Plus you'll learn through hands-on: fleece evaluation, toenail trimming, halter training and wormer/vitamin administration. ABC-Alpaca Beginners Conference is a very full day of valuable information and includes continental breakfast, lunch, and booklet. Space is limited to 20 participants. Time: 9-5. Go to www.michiganalpacaseminars.com to register or contact either farm. Click here for details | | June 14, 2008 | | If You're Not Marketing, They're Invisible...Beyond The Sidewalk: Marketing/Selling for Growing Your Rural Business Blacklick, OH, USA | | Been in the business awhile and not experiencing the success with sales you'd like to have? Come spend a day with Ellie Winslow, a nationally recognized speaker and author regarding Marketing & Sales for Rural Business.
Learn the secrets to selling more stuff, where to find customers and what to do after you've found them!
This workshop will help you answer the question, "What do successful farms do that others do not?"
For more information and details, call Kathy Klay. Seating is limited, reserve your spot today. Click here for details | | June 14, 2008 | | SOLD A Sales Training Seminar for Alpaca Owners and Breeders. Churubusco, IN, USA | | “Yes, you can sell your alpacas!”
Are you winning or losing sales?
Are you one of the majority of alpaca breeders who claim, “I can get people to the farm, but I can not sell my alpacas”.
Plan to attend SOLD, a sales training seminar designed specifically for the alpaca owner and breeder. Presented on June 14, 2008.
If you have sold a few of your alpacas but you want to sell more, attend this sales training seminar. If you own alpacas and you are in the alpaca business to sell alpacas, attend this sales training seminar.
Now is the time to learn how to sell. Learn to turn alpacas for sale into alpacas sold. This is not a marketing seminar, this class teaches you how to sell. Learn to sell your alpacas during farm visits, shows and other venues.
Discover,
*how to ask the correct questions
*what to listen for to understand the customer while standing in the pasture
*how often you are currently killing the sale
*the principle of needs based selling
*proven models and plans for successful sales and revenue
*when to close the gate and close the sale
Cynthia Mustaine has trained thousands of successful sales people in both the financial industry and the retail industry. Her personal sales career includes selling livestock, financial planning, advertising, retail products and training programs. Cynthia has owned, bred and successfully sold alpacas since 2000. She believes that given the skills, all alpaca owners and breeders can learn to sell their alpacas. Along with writing books and managing a livestock farm, Cynthia presents keynote presentations and training seminars on sales, small business strategy and personal development. Her presentations offer systematic processes, however, her stories will have you laughing. Laugh and learn successful sales.
SOLD, a sales training seminar on Saturday, June 14, 2008 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Windswept Farm Alpacas and Special K Alpacas.
Held at Windswept Farm Alpacas in Churubusco, Indiana.
Click here for details | | June 14, 2008 | | Shearing is done - now what do we do? Preparation and Production Stockton, NJ, USA | | Shearing is done – now what do we do?
Wini Lebrecque, renowned fiber expert, and Leslie Jorritsma, owner of Autumn Mist Fiber Mill, will review the fleece preparation process and factors affecting fiber production.
Huacaya and Suri fleece will be covered. They will help us understand how to get our fleece turned into product. A mill equipment demonstration will occur. NJAC Members receive a 20% discount on the registration fee. Click here for details | | June 14, 2008 | | Supporting You Farm on the Sale of End Products, Farm Tours and Eductional Programs Frewsburg, NY, USA | | Learn how to make extra income on and off the farm with Alpacas and the fleece whether they are breeding stock or pet quality. Seminar presenters are Jan O'Neill, Clare Limerick Alpaca Ranch and author of the Annabelle children books and Evelyn Brumwell, YB Normal Farms and owner of YBNF Alpaca Farm Store. Time 9 am for coffee and tea, seminar 10-5 with lunch provided. Seminar Notebook and hands-on projects. RSVP Click here for details | | June 16 - 20, 2008 | | Alpaca and Nature Day Camp Rocheport, MO, USA | | The camp give campers experience with alpaca care and training; nature studies, spinning, weaving and outdoor crafts. From 8 AM to 3PM our campers actively worked with the alpacas,including feeding, barn clean-up, halter training,& fiber studies. In our cottage they learn about alpaca fiber, to weave and spin. We head to our woods for nature studies where campers learn about the plants, stream,& animals that live there. Our beautiful garden provides a classroom for the students to learn about growing, harvesting and botony. The day camp sessions are tailored to the group of campers.Returning campers will work on more advanced skills and projects. Click here for details | | June 20 - 22, 2008 | | THE PRESTIGE ALPACA AUCTION CHESTER, WV, USA | | Please join us for THE PRESTIGE ALPACA AUCTION, June 20-22, 2008 at the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Chester, WV. Hosted by Park View All American Alpacas, Dr. David and Nancy TenHulzen, and The Alpaca Trading Company, Mike and Stephanie Barnhart. The HOST FARMS proudly offer 35 Elite Suris from their coveted bloodlines as well as Suris & Huacayas from SELECT CONSIGNORS. Included in this offering will be 9X Color Champion, Diamonte of PVA. Park View Alpacas will also be offering a selection from their prized Huacaya genetics. Free seminars offered by Dr. David Anderson and Cheryl Gehly. For more information please VISIT our website at www.prestigealpaca.com or contact SILVER PENN SALES at 724-444-4765 or info@silverpennsales.com Click here for details | | June 20 - 22, 2008 | | Emerald Valley Alpaca Association Marketplace and Fleece Show Eugene, OR, USA | | The Premier Fleece Show after shearing day! We are currently a Level 2 show. With your mail-in entries, we can grow to a Level 3 show! Our judge this year will be Amy Bliss-Miller. Ribbons awarded through 3rd place, Championships where minimums are met, and special awards including Judge's Choice, Best Hand, Suri: Best Luster, Suri: Best Lock Formation, Huacaya: Best Brightness, Huacaya: Best Crimp.
There will be seminars on alpaca husbandry, breeding stock selection, fleece processing, and shearing. Of course we'll have a session on Sunday with Judge's Reasoning for her selections with a Q&A period at the end.
We'll also have farm displays, booths with alpaca products for sale, as well as private treaty alpaca sales. Make a date of it!
http://www.evaa-alpacas.org/evaa/html/alpaca_marketplace.html Click here for details | | June 20 - 22, 2008 | | "Thrive or Survive in the Alpaca Industry" Adamstown, MD, USA | | Get focused in what is needed to succeed in the alpaca business. Senior judge Jude Anderson and her husband Alan Cousill take you through theory and hands on sessions that will help you understand breeding for progress. The seminar illustrates world perspectives, niche understanding, alpaca genetics, breeding systems and marketing. This is accompanied by hands on animal selection and fiber assessment workshops. The highlight is Jude's " Showing for Success" presentation. Numbers are limited to encourage learning. Individual herd and business planning sessions with Jude and or Alan are included. All food and beverages provided. Click here for details | | June 21, 2008 | | Norman Evans, DVM - Keep Current with your Alpaca Management Mishicot, WI, USA | | Early Bird Fee: $100 person, second person from same farm $20 less
Fee after April 30th $125, second person from same farm $20 less
Fee after June 1st $140, second person from same farm $20 less
Fee includes refreshments, lunch, and printed materials, one/farm.
SEMINAR TOPICS
Shows-Sickness-Prevention
Quarantine-Do You Really Understand.
Fiber Summaries/Trends & Significance
Conditions- Summertime Rickets
Lepto
Mastitis
Males that Strain
Crias that Strain
Teeth- Normal/Abnormal
Skin-Pictures/Treatment
After the seminar:
• Travel to LondonDairy Alpacas for complimentary dinner and drinks.
• Open question & answers with Dr. Evans
Come early and join us for a wine social Friday, June 20th, 7:00-9:00pm @ LondonDairy Alpacas.
**Lodging available @ Fox Hills 1-800-950-7615. Ask for the LondonDairy Alpacas rate of $60.00/night.
Rooms at this discount rate are limited, so book early!
Click here for details | | June 21, 2008 | | Alpaca Barns, Sheds & Fencing with Mike Oberlin of Magical Farms Litchfield, OH, USA | | When Mike Oberlin started working for Magical Farms 15 years ago there were 45 alpacas and three barns. Today Magical Farms has over 1,600 animals and Mike has built barns, sheds and pastures for all of them! Whether you are new in the business, or expanding your current farm, this seminar is for you!
Wear clothing that is appropriate for walking through pastures and barns...feel free to bring a camera. Click here for details | | June 21, 2008 | | Alpaca 101/102 Auburn, ME, USA | | Making the decision whether or not alpacas can be part of your future is a huge decision for most people. Whether you are thinking about owning them as fiber animals or looking into
alpacas as a business venture, you should know all of the ins and outs of the industry before making your decision. Too many time new owners make impulsive decisions or were given an "offer they couldn’t refuse" from other breeders only to be greatly disappointed for many reasons once taking possession of the alpacas. If buyers are informed and educated when
making their purchases, this is a wonderfully rewarding
experience that will bring years of happiness and success their way.
The "Alpaca 101" seminar covers many topics including barns, fencing, feeding, supplies, fiber quality versus breeding stock, medical needs, daily care…basically any topic that gives people an idea of what it takes to raise alpacas.
The "Alpaca 102" seminar is a more in depth seminar which
consists of a detailed discussion of choosing the right alpacas for your business plan, succeeding as a small farm, and allows attendees to ask specific questions about setting up their
individual farm. There will then be hands on time outside with the alpacas demonstrating haltering, leading, trimming toenails, examining teeth, administering medication/injections, and any other related management topic.
Registration Fees:
Alpaca 101 (9am—12pm) $25 per person.
Alpaca 102 (1pm—5pm ) $40 per person.
Alpaca 101 & 102 $60 per person.
Lunch Included if both 101 and 102 are taken or $7 per person.
Space limited to 20 participants. Please R.S.V.P to: fullmoonalpacas@roadrunner.com
Click here for details | | June 21 - 22, 2008 | | Open House + Livestock Marketing Seminar and Dinner Aurora, CO, USA | | Enjoy both days visiting with over 20 farms; vendors featuring fiber, yarn, jewelry, clothing and alpaca products; free educational demonstrations and presentations; and excited to present livestock marketing seminar and dinner Saturday afternoon/evening: Hazen Reed and Susan Muther of BreedWorks will be presenting a very informative seminar on livestock marketing using the internet and brand development. Dinner is included in the cost of this seminar. 3 pm Saturday Livestock Marketing 101 - a beginners guide to marketing livestock; 6 pm Saturday Internet Marketing - Beyond the basics. Click here for details | | June 21 - 22, 2008 | | Alpaca Summer School Burbank, OH, USA | | Alpaca Knowledge served all day. Bring your own container!
Summer School is in session! Please join us for free seminars, demonstrations, lessons, exhibits and much more. Come learn about the Alpaca Lifestyle - the alpacas, the fleece and the merchandise. Meet our award winning alpacas. Special "summer school" prices on alpacas, breedings and packages. Spinning, weaving, knitting and crocheting lessons throughout the day. Win a free breeding. Shop for Alpaca Apparel, Yarns and Raw Fiber. Refreshments.
Featured Sessions:
"The First Week of a Cria's Life: The Good, The Bad and the Innocent." Anita Varga, DVM Ohio State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
"The ABC's: Alpaca Basic Care." Cody Stoller, DVM, Tri County Animal Clinic.
"How to Prepare a Fleece for Show." Debbie Patonai
"How to Prepare a Fleece Sample for a Spinner's Choice." Debbie Patonai
"Alpaca Husbandry: A Primer" Spencer Reames
"In the Beginning: Strategies for Successfully Establishing Your Alpaca Farm" Spencer Reames
For details and times visit www.alpacanation.com/phantasypharm.asp Click here for details | | June 28, 2008 | | NEWAlpaca Basics Clinic Two Rivers and Kewaunee, WI, USA | | Learn first hand about the wonderful world of raising alpacas for fun and profit. This clinic will take you to two private alpaca farms representing nearly 120 alpacas. Get advice and have questions answered by an AOBA Certified Alpaca Judge and the successful owners and breeders of these two farms. Experience first hand what it is like to interact with these gentle and captivating animals. You will learn about basic alpaca health, tax advantages, farm set ups, husbandry and why their fiber is so special! Meals and handouts are included. Car pooling is available between farms. Space is limited and can only be offered on a first come basis. Click here for details | | June 28, 2008 | | Learn to Needle Felt at Magical Farms with Holly Hartman Williams Litchfield, OH, USA | | Using alpaca fiber and special needles learn to felt 3-D figures. Discover the techniques for creating detailed face work. Once you are comfortable with the basics, use what you've learned to create human, animal or imaginary creatures. You will create one figure in class, and leave with the skills to make many more. Click here for details | | June 28, 2008 | | Alpaca Basics Sharon, NH, USA | | A clinic for the new breeder and the person about to become one.
We invite you to join Tim Lavan, AOBA-certified judge and experienced breeder, for a day-long clinic. We'll cover:
how to pick an alpaca
how to care for alpacas
barn and pasture building
fleece skirting and show preparation
There'll be lots of opportunities to handle alpacas and see demonstrations on a working farm.
There will be lunch and snacks provided. 9-4pm. Click here for details | | July 5 - 6, 2008 | | Central New York Alpaca Classic Weedsport, NY, USA | | Level II AOBA Certified Show, Judge Wade Gease, check-in 7/4 with New England Clam Bake for meet & greet dinner. Halter (shorn only Huacaya) and performance classes. Great fun for all. Click here for details | | July 7 - 11, 2008 | | Alpaca and Nature Day Camp Session 2 Rocheport Missouri, MO, USA | | The camp give campers experience with alpaca care and training; nature studies, spinning, weaving and outdoor crafts. From 8 AM to 3PM our campers actively worked with the alpacas,including feeding, barn clean-up, halter training,& fiber studies. In our cottage they learn about alpaca fiber, to weave and spin. We head to our woods for nature studies where campers learn about the plants, stream,& animals that live there. Our beautiful garden provides a classroom for the students to learn about growing, harvesting and botony. The day camp sessions are tailored to the group of campers.Returning campers will work on more advanced skills and projects.
Click here for details | | July 11 - 12, 2008 | | RiverStone Suri Select Auction Maumee, OH, USA | | The Second Annual RiverStone Suri Select Auction is just around the corner and we are working hard to make it the best Suri Auction with a wide variety of high quality Suri Alpacas available. This will be the perfect chance for you to build your breeding program, learn about issues that affect us all and meet with other suri breeders. Looking for a specific color? We have them all! Looking for an Accoyo to add to your herd? We have four! Want to have a veterinarian check your choices out before the auction? Leading camelid veterinarians, Dr. Cheryl DeWitt and Dr. P Walter Bravo will be available for animal evaluations. The Auction Catalogue will be mailed in mid June. Can't wait to see what we will be offering? Check out all of the auction animals listed here on AlpacaNation. Plan to attend the Auction on Saturday, July 12, 2008 at the Pinnacle in Maumee, OH. Click here for details | | July 12, 2008 | | "You Be The Judge!" Pleasant Mount, PA, USA | | WADE GEASE, Certified AOBA Alpaca Judge & Trainer, conducts this intensive, hands-on fleece clinic for alpaca owners and breeders.
Refine your knowledge of what makes alpaca fiber so incredible!
- Learn to identify elite, average and mediocre characteristics - Learn about crimp styles/locks, brightness/luster, density and learn to use this information to evaluate your herd and potential herdsires - Learn how to estimate micron with your eyes and fingers and how to tell if your alpaca has good follicular density - Discover what makes some fleece characteristics more favorable than others and any scientific evidence behind the reasoning - Gain a complete understanding of fiber analysis reports and what skin biopsy testing can tell us. We encourage you to bring at least one of your own fleeces for hands-on evaluation with Wade!
This one-day seminar includes lunch, refreshments and handouts. Seating is limited to ensure individual attention so reserve your spot today! Click here for details | | July 19, 2008 | | Advanced Weaving at Magical Farms with Lisa Hertan & Stacy Heydt Litchfield, OH, USA | | This seminar is for those with weaving experience that want to fill the gaps, and enhance their weaving and designing skills. Curriculum content includes lecture, discussion and extensive sample weaving. A Rigid Heddle Loom will be used. Bring your own or one can be provided for class. Click here for details | | July 19 - 20, 2008 | | Elite Alpaca Fiber Seminar Linn, KS, USA | | The fiber industry--today & in the future, what are your farm goals and how do you get there? General farm, pasture management and practices, nutrition for all stages of growth. Understanding fiber, the physiology set in the skin, density markers, how fiber grows, color and fiber traits. Studing and understanding histograms and how to use to your advantage. Second day discussions include: genetics, sire selection and syndication, breeding standards, achieving breeding plans, networking genetics and marketing, animal and fiber assessment. Setting breeding goals and looking at animals and fleeces. Click here for details | | July 19 - 20, 2008 | | HOLISTIC HEALTH FOR ANIMALS Seminar with Christina Chambreau DVM Navasota, TX, USA | | • WHAT IS HEALTH? How healthy can your animals be? What are the early warning signs of ill health?
• LEARN HOW TO HELP YOUR ANIMAL BE HEALTHY. What should animals be fed?
• LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS: * Homeopathy * Chinese medicine * Chiropractic* Herbs * Flower essences * Reiki* Massage modalities * Tellington touch *Glandulars and supplements
• WHY DO ANIMALS GET SICK? How vaccines, drugs, and chemicals affect animals.
• UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO TREATMENT- cure, palliation, suppression - can help you know if your animals are truly healing themselves.
• FORMING A HEALING TEAM TO KEEP YOUR ANIMALS HEALTHY AND RETURN THEM TO HEALTH.
These classes are useful for both lay and professional animal caretakers. Dr. Chambreau will teach holistic health for animals and you will learn how your animals can be very healthy. These classes will cover alpacas, dogs, cats, horses and more. You will learn the beginnings of how to take a case, use the repertory, choose the best remedy and evaluate the response to remedies. Click here for details | | July 19 - 20, 2008 | | "Fiber Sorting for Maximum Profit" & "Profitable Fiber Herds" Durham, ME, USA | | FIBER SORTING FOR MAXIMUM PROFIT
Saturday, July 19th
and
PROFITABLE FIBER HERDS
Sunday, July 20th
Sponsored by Pamela Harwood of Longwoods Alpacas
Hosted by Marianne and Jim Roberts of Namaste Alpacas at the Royalsborough Inn
Join the “Coarse Broads”, Robyn Kuhl and Carrie Hull, for a day or two of Fiber Seminars at the Royalsborough Inn in Durham, Maine.
In addition to classroom-type learning in the Carriage House meeting room, we'll have plenty of time for hands-on fiber sorting outside under a huge canopy. Bring a fleece, yes, the entire fleece, including the neck and the leg/belly/chest in 3 separate bags for minimal contamination. Learn what to do with it, and HOW. For a detailed list of what's included in each seminar, go to www.fibersorting.com.
Snacks, beverages, and a light lunch will be served each day.
Early Bird Registration fee due Friday, May 16th:
$165 for both days, or $90 for one day
Regular Registration fee due by Thursday, July 3rd:
$185 for both days, or $100 for one day
Space is limited to 25 participants per day, so be sure to register early!
Contact Pam Harwood at pdh@longwoodsalpacas.com for a registration packet if the attachment doesn't come through.
Separate lodging arrangements may be made with Marianne & Jim Roberts of Namaste Alpacas and the Royalsborough Inn, www.royalsboroughinn.com. Rooms are $65/person/night (shared occupancy – some rooms accommodate 3-4 people) or $90 for a single in the Main House. Space is limited at the Inn, but Marianne and Jim can give you a number of other options close by.
Click here for details | | July 26, 2008 | | Southern Camelid Lecture Series Auburn, AL, USA | | Dr. Ahmed Tibary, of Washington State University, to be the guest lecturer in our first lecture series. This series to be rotated to all of the veterinary schools of medicine in the southeast through the next five years, all with varying topics of interest.
His topic of course is Reproduction of the South American Camelid.
The most current info and reserach to be shared. This event will also encompass research by a faculty member, student and an alpaca breeder. The event should be the event of the year for education of the breeder, the veterinarian and the student. Coordinated with the Department of Contiuning Education for CEUs for the practitioners. Call for abstracts to be done soon; grants and stipends to be awarded.
Please visit for online registration: http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/ce_courses Click here for details | | July 26, 2008 | | Getting Seen and Getting Sales by Breedworks with Susan Muther and Hazen Reed Callicoon, NY, USA | | Rosehaven Alpacas is pleased to present a one-day intensive marketing seminar featuring Susan Muther and Hazen Reed from Breedworks.
Tailored from BreedWorks highly acclaimed 3 day seminar, Getting Seen and Getting Sales, this 1-day seminar teaches you how to effectively market your alpacas, generate farm visits and sales. Whether you are new to the business or not, this seminar will help you to differentiate your farm, leverage the Internet and integrate your marketing efforts for maximum effect.
Topics Include: What is Marketing? Successful Alpaca Marketing Strategies to reach customers Defining Your Farm Brand What is Brand, why it's so important? Interactive Session: Discovering what makes you different. Developing a Farm Logo. Successful Alpaca Logos. Integrated Marketing What is it and why is it important? Putting the Internet to work for you E-marketing: Using the Internet to sell more alpacas Elements of e-marketing,
and much, much more.
To reserve a seat please RSVP at info@rosehavenalpacas.com Click here for details | | July 26 - 27, 2008 | | Creating a Breeding Program & Evaluating Alpacas from a Judge’s Perspective Gibsonia, PA, USA | | Creating a Breeding Program & Evaluating Alpacas from a Judge’s Perspective
2-day Seminar featuring Brett Kaysen and AOBA Certified Judge Helen Humphreys.
Sponsored by Silvercloud Farm & West Penn Alpacas to be hosted at Silvercloud Farm
Are you wondering what the judge is looking for in the show ring, and how to make major breeding decisions? Then you can’t afford to miss this event!
Day One Brett Kaysen will cover creating a breeding plan, heritability, breeding goals, and herdsire selection. Day two will cover “Evaluating Alpacas from a Judges Perspective.” Helen Humphreys will cover the Fleece aspects and Brett Kaysen will cover all of the conformation issues.
All participants will receive a 15% ($375.00-$600.00 value) discount off of any herdsire service at Silvercloud Farm or West Penn Alpacas, and one lucky person will receive a breeding at HALF PRICE. The seminar includes lunch and continental breakfast.
Join us for either day or for the whole weekend! For more information, pricing and to register contact 1-877-MY ALPACA or 724-663-5310
Click here for details | | July 28 - August 1, 2008 | | Alpaca and Nature Day Camp Third Session Missouri, MO, USA | | The camp give campers experience with alpaca care and training; nature studies, spinning, weaving and outdoor crafts. From 8 AM to 3PM our campers actively worked with the alpacas,including feeding, barn clean-up, halter training,& fiber studies. In our cottage they learn about alpaca fiber, to weave and spin. We head to our woods for nature studies where campers learn about the plants, stream,& animals that live there. Our beautiful garden provides a classroom for the students to learn about growing, harvesting and botony. The day camp sessions are tailored to the group of campers.Returning campers will work on more advanced skills and projects.
Click here for details | | August 2 - January 1, 2007 | | Cria On The Ground Palisade, CO, USA | | This seminar focuses on knowledge and skills alpaca owners and breeders can benefit from in managing the first 24 hours after a cria birth.
Register now for this critical class! Click here for details | | August 2, 2008 | | Neonatal Seminar "Cria On The Ground" Palisade, CO, USA | | This seminar focuses on knowledge and skills alpaca owners and breeders can benefit from in managing the first 24 hours after a cria birth. All written materials and lunch included.
Register now for this critical class! Click here for details | | August 9, 2008 | | Neonatal Seminar with Lab Findlay, OH, USA | | Get ready for the fall 2008 birthing season by signing up for this important workshop. Dr. Cheryl DeWitt of Camelid Reproductive Services, one of the most respected camelid vets in the United States, will guide you through this one day clinic on Saturday, August 9, 2008, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The lecture will cover reproductive anatomy and physiology, breeding and pregnancy diagnosis options, gestational development, care of the pregnant dam, normal and abnormal deliveries, and care of the newborn as well as the high risk cria. The lab, using uterine simulators, will challenge registrants to diagnose dystocia (difficult labor and delivery), and then discuss the proposed delivery plan. For new or experienced breeders the knowledge gained is priceless. These dystocia techniques are lifesaving skills that breeders used within days of the seminar. The price of the workshop is refundable should the attendee purchase alpacas or breedings from any of the sponsor farms.
Contact: Cathie Hulbert 419-422-4026 jcalpaca@aol.com Theresa Birkemeier 419-538-6567 criabarn@bright.net Kathie Harris 419-299-3073 kkharris@wcnet.org Click here for details | | August 23, 2008 | | BEYOND the SIDEWALK: SUCCESSFUL MARKETING STRATEGIES from the Inside Out Bozrah, CT, USA | | Marketing in a rural business will make converts out of you after hearing Ellie Winslow, speaker and author of "Beyond the Sidewalk." Ellie's workshop will change the way you view marketing and provide you the skills to move from concept to fruition. The workshop focuses on basic but goes beyond with learning where to find customers, how to grow your business, and how to adapt urban concepts to rural enterprise. Ellie has published several books on business management for rural business and her course is geared to the rural entrepreneur. Click here for details | | August 23 - 24, 2008 | | Marty McGee Bennett's CAMELIDynamics Clinic Burlington, WI, USA | | This is a two-day basic clinic with Marty McGee Bennett. The two days are filled with hands-on practice with llamas and/or alpacas, invaluable role playing exercises and instruction.
Class size is limited so Marty can provide sufficient one-on-one feedback.
This clinic will also focus on the TTouch method. This method features a very unique system of body work-the TTouch (Tellington-Touch)-that is both easy to learn and very profound. The TTouch helps an alpaca/llama focus and learn to trust the touch as well as proximity of humans.
Space is limited, so please contact us today to reserve your spot. There will be a drawing for a FREE video for those who register before 6/2/08.
Click here for details | | August 29 - 31, 2008 | | Lamafest 2008 , MI, USA | | Alpaca fleece and halter show. Full Fleece, Shorn,Composite, Fleece show, and walking fleece. The judge is Mary Reed.
The event is open to the public, and premiums are offered to the first 3 places and ribbons to 6. Sponsorships are available. Web site is at the Lamafest 2008 site for registration information or the Michigan Llama association or call Don Topliff. Click here for details | | August 30, 2008 | | 1st Annual Show Pronkin' Alpaca Pen Sale Swanzey, NH, USA | | Come together with 16 small farms offering alpacas for sale that have ribboned at past shows, are guaranteed to ribbon in a '08 fall show or are bred to a show champion stud! Take advantage of this opportunity to enhance your herd. Educational mini-seminars with AOBA Judge, Dawn Brooker will be held throughout the day and various vendors will be on site. learn more by visiting us on the web at www.showpronkinpensale.com after June 1st. Click here for details | | August 30 - 31, 2008 | | Your Breeding Success Depends On. . . EPD & Breeding Decisions Butler, PA, USA | | Come join us and our special guest speaker, Dr. Stephen Hull, MS, PhD for Labor Day Weekend. It's THE EDUCATIONAL EVENT OF THE SUMMER!
Dr. Stephen Hull, MS, PhD, Alpaca Animal Scientist will provide two topics: "Advanced Reproduction" and "Advanced Genetics".
"Advanced Reproduction"
Female and Male Anatomy and Physiology, Breeding Strategies; Male and Female, Critical Pregnancy/Lactation Issues, Anatomy/Physiology of the Normal Birth, Dam and Cria Post Partum Management, Rebreeding Issues and Weaning.
“Advanced Genetics”
Chromosomal and DNA Genetics, Mendilian Inheritance Patterns, Livestock Genetics and Predicted Outcomes, Expected Progeny Differences and Use of EPD Histograms, Rational Selections of Breeding Males, Use of Genetics to Understand Color Inheritance.
Food will be provided by Sunset Hills Farm Alpacas. Cost of the weekend seminar will be $250 and this cost will be deducted from any alpaca purchase or available herdsire breeding.
Click here for details | | September 5 - 7, 2008 | | Breeders Edge Auction Gainesville, VA, USA | | Join Double "O" Good Alpacas as we host the Breeders Edge Fall Auction 2008. Dozens of top breeders from across the country bring their best huacayas for sale. It's a harvest of quality in alpacas, education and entertainment just for you!
Superb alpacas for sale, educational seminars, first rate food and entertainment and networking and support.
Give your breeding program a winning edge. Be there. Click here for details | | September 12 - 13, 2008 | | THE EXTREME PROGENY ALPACA AUCTION Chester, WV, USA | | Silver Penn Sales, LLC is proud to introduce THE EXTREME PROGENY ALPACA AUCTION!
Join us on September 12 & 13, 2008 for a whole new auction experience. The sale will be held at Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Chester, West Virginia.
This EXTREME PROGENY ALPACA AUCTION represents a fantastic opportunity to acquire the most prized offspring from a select 35-40 herdsires. These herdsires will compete for the title of EXTREME HERDSIRE OF THE YEAR. Their Progeny will be offered in the sale and the sires’ whose offspring have the highest selling average will be crowned the…
Extreme Light Herdsire of the Year
Extreme Dark Herdsire of the Year
In addition to this ALL STAR LINE-UP we are thrilled to introduce this year’s featured speakers :
DR. NORM EVANS, DVM
CAMERON HOLT - SENIOR AOBA JUDGE
BRETT KAYSEN
So mark your calendar on SEPTEMBER 12th & 13th 2008 and plan to attend the EXTREME HERDSIRE COMPETITION OF THE YEAR the EXTREME PROGENY ALPACA AUCTION!
VISIT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.extremeprogeny.com
Click here for details | | September 13, 2008 | | Preparing Fiber for Spin -Offs and Fleece Shows Rocheport, MO, USA | | Preparing Fiber for Spin -Offs and Fleece Shows
Always wanted to send to a fleece show or a spin-off, but were just not sure about how to do it? This class teaches how to prepare your entries. Spin-offs and fleece shows give the producer invaluable information about their alpacas.
We will explore histograms and what information they give the breeder. Knowing how to read a histogram and how to use the information gives a breeder another important tool.
Participates will put together several bags, of their fiber, ready to send to a spin-off. They will learn the proper way to prepare and send a fleece show entry. Participants are encouraged to bring their own fleece to work on.
Lunch will be served. $30 per person
Limited Space
Participants need to bring blanket fiber they would like to submit to spin-offs. They may bring their won fleece to work on. We will have fleeces and fiber here.
For more information, call Catherine (573)-815-9500
Workshop taught by Catherine Stickann
Additional Details
Catherine, has ribboned in spin-offs and fleece shows. She has served as the Fleece Show Superintendent for the MIAS, and has overseen their Spin-Off.
Come join us in Sycamore Creeks' Fiber Cottage. We will have a great learning experience!
Click here for details | | September 13 - 14, 2008 | | CameliDynamic 2 day Clinic Sharpsville, IN, USA | | We will be hosting our 2nd annual CameliDynamics 2 day Clinic with Dorothy Hunt aka "Radar"! Watch for more information to come soon. Please contact us if you would like more information. Click here for details | | September 20 - 21, 2008 | | Michigan International Alpaca Fest Birch Run , MI, USA | | Come visit truly unique animals that produce some of the world's finest, warmest fiber while being earth friendly. Enjoy this 2 day Level III show, fleece competition, photo competition, vendors, seminars, and much more. Visit our website at www.alpacafest.org for more information. Click here for details | | September 20 - 21, 2008 | | Tour De Alpacas , OH, USA | | Tour De Alpacas 2008! Come visit us on September 20 & 21, Saturday and Sunday!
Experience the Alpaca Lifestyle of FOUR different ranches! Experience each ranch on our two day excursion and see how each one operates! Visit an operation of just a hand full of alpacas to a ranch with over 70 Alpacas! We have something for everyone.
Get a hands-on experience of Alpacas; ask questions about getting started, setting up ranch facilities, alpaca nutrition and herd management, financing, what to do with all that fiber, and how to market your animals. Luxurious alpaca yarn and apparel will be for sale. Herd sire Review: The alpaca herdsires will be available for you review if you're looking for stud services too!
The Tour De Alpacas will be a fun and informative day focusing on the benefits of owning and raising the unique and wonderful Alpaca. Learn how to get started and succeed with Alpacas from FOUR established breeders and preview animals for sale. Educational materials and refreshments will be provided. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Participating Ranches:
!!!SUNBURST ALPACAS!!! 7600 State Route 46 NE, Cortland, Ohio 44410 330-6-330-638-2152
ROSS ALPACA RANCH 1504 Collar Price Rd. Hubbard, Ohio 44425 330-534-8436
PINE BROOK ALPACAS 9401 Kinsman Pymatuning Rd. Kinsman, Ohio 44428 330-876-6365
TOBIN ALPACA FARM 2860 Tobin Lane Cortland, Ohio 44410 330-638-9539
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