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About
Alpaca Rose Ranch
Help,
Help, Help. That is what Alpaca Rose Ranch is all about.
We have been in the Alpaca business since September of
2004. We went to an Alpaca show and Fell in love with
Suri Alpaca's. We bought our first 3 Alpaca's with no
fencing up, so we went back to our home located 16 miles
north of Spokane WA in Elk WA and started to buy up
fencing for our Alpaca's that were coming in October
2004.
One
of the many questions we get asked about Alpaca's is
what are they good for. Can you ride them, can you eat
them (Heaven forbid) why Alpaca's? I hope that after you
visit our web page we have answered that question. I
hope we can raise enough interest that you will e-mail
us for more information or stop by for a farm visit.
We
got into Alpaca's because we fell in love with them
when we first looked at them, and to make some money. We
also like the tax break that you can receive from them
during the year. We will get into that later.
The
Alpaca was first introduced into the United States in
the beginning of the 90's. People from the US placed
bids on the Alpaca's they wanted from Peru and after a
period of time they received them. The herd has grown to
over 100,000. So has you can see people are buying them
and breeding them for resale. With the addition of new
breeders the herd will continue to grow at a rapid pace.
To keep the herd going breeders have to keep education
the public on their value of today and the future of the
Alpaca's fiber.
There
are a lot of Alpaca owners who were successful business
people who were tired of working for someone else and
the stress of working. I myself still have to work but
my wife sold her business. She loves her Alpaca's. I
look forward to the day when I can retire and enjoy the
Alpaca's more than I do now. Every person who works 40
to 60 hours a week . I love to work on my roses, I relax
and tune into another world. I believe every person in a
high stress job seeks out a hobby to relax themselves
from their job. We were helped so much by Alpaca Owners
we wanted to pass that help on.
In
the short time that we have been in the business we have
found out how important it is to have good bloodlines.
Our goal is to breed Alpaca's that are conformationaly correct., have great luster, and great fleece. In order
to reach these goals we chose to breed to the some of
the best males around to form a great foundation of females.
Some of the bloodlines that we have are Bruxo, Inca,
(two of the best males imported) Macgyver (top herdisre
in the US for the last 3 years.) Captain Morgan reserve
herdsire for the last two years. Please email us with
your questions and we will answer them for you. Enjoy
the site.
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