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Alpaca Rose Ranch is now offering tours of our ranch. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 11am - 5pm and Sundays 1pm - 5pm. Call 509-292-0446 or email us at info@alpacaroseranch.com if you are interested in attending.

July Newsletter

Subject: July 2010 A Look Back After Show season

I really find it hard to believe it is July already. So much has happen since our last newsletter, so lets get caught up. April show in Pasco was a lot of fun with some of the biggest farms in the US there. Our outside breeding clients were happy with Chuck Uber Wasabi male took a second in the brown class with his Quechua female taking a second in the always tough white class. Chuck called me in early June to let me
know that this females micron count came back at 15.6. Chuck also had luck in the white male class where their was 15 males. His male took a sixth with the judge comments that if this male did not have a fiber
break he would have place a lot higher.

LCA Quechua fleece took 1st place and also was voted best luster and judges choice. We know that you
would be very please with a breeding to him so give us a call. Our herd took 4 ribbons and we were very
please with that.

We have been on cria watch for about 5 weeks now with the next one due on the 14th. Then we get a 5 week break until the next seven are born. We will be posting the 2010 cria's on line soon.

With our herd growing fast we have some great alpacas at some great prices. Some of the top bloodlines in
the US can be found right hear in Spokane. Not only some great alpaca's but Lin and I will show you how to
get started.

Getting into the alpaca business does not require folks to go out and buy the lowest price you can find. It
requires to have some knowledge on what you are looking at and how to make a profit on it. If you are serious about getting into the business look at our web site, their is a lot of information for you to look at.

Jerry &Linn Harwood

info@alpacaroseranch.com

509-292-0446

March Newsletter

Subject: March 2010 Starting to think about Show season

What great weather we have had for March of 2010. If you are a new breeder or just thinking about getting into the business this is the month that you start to Halter training the new cria's that are now 6 months or older and get the ones you have pick out ready for the upcoming show season. We want to invite you to ranch and see what it takes to halter train. This is the time when that new cria is going to bond with you and you earn their trust.

It is also the month where you start feeding that grass so it pops up fast and green. When it gets up to 3 to 4 in you can start putting your Alpacas on it. You start to get excited about the new cria's that will be born in the spring.

This subject of Showing your Alpacas I believe is very important if you are going to raise Alpaca's and the reason is it gives you time to network with other breeders, it also let you know where you are heading in your breeding program. Networking and breeding are very important for you to succeed in the Alpaca business.

I believe that you should go to has many shows that your budget will let you. The one thing that will happen to you at the shows is that your alpaca will not when that first place blue ribbon you thought it was going to win for you. I can remember the first show that we went to in Seattle, I was sure that this female would win a ribbon. She did not even place in the top six to receive a ribbon. My mentor gave me some advise, he told me that just because she failed at this show maybe at another show a different judge would see her different . 

He was right, she place in the next 3 biggest shows in the US and then we sold her. Showing and Networking with other alpaca breeders are going to help you not hurt you even if you don't win a ribbon. We at Alpaca Rose Ranch will work with you to get you ready for showing your alpaca's. You also will meet new folks who are in the thinking stages of buying alpacas and other breeders looking at what you are doing.

This is the month that I start thinking about breeding. Instead of counting sheep at night I start to think what male I am going to breed to a certain female. It puts me to sleep right away. We put a lot of merit on breeding the right male to the right female. Breeding is very important and that is why we will spend a lot of time with our new clients in teaching them on what to do and what to look for when breeding your females.

We would like to invite you to our 1st Alpaca 101 Class in May of 2010. Please e-mail us if you would like to sign up for this class.

info@alpacaroseranch.com

or call 
509-292-0446

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Peggy Parks, a 49-year-old auditor in Johnstown, Pa., turned to an unusual farm animal. "I've lost a fortune in stocks, and my 401(k) is falling through the floor. I feel comfortable in alpacas," she says. She invested $56,000 in a small herd that she believes has a better outlook than most mutual funds because of the animals' breeding potential.

The national Alpaca Registry Inc., in Lincoln, Neb., says registrations are on pace to rise 7% this year and currently stand at 140,297. Ms. Parks says a female of "medium quality" can fetch $10,000 and that prices have been rising, supporting her hopes that she'll see a profit on her alpaca portfolio in five years.

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