Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Show success

We are home safe and sound after a long trip for both alpacas and humans. The Alpaca Ontario show was a success again this year with Oreo Ben taking the Black Male Huacaya Colour Champion for the second year in a row. Toblerone took a first in his class, Blizzard and Bacio were each awarded second place in their respective classes. Now to prepare for the Mayflower Show in PEI May 7 and then shearing day.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Final preparations

Today I am working on the final prep for our departure to the show in Ontario. It is drizzly outside and the wee ones are pretty damp so they will be spending the day inside in hopes they will dry off a bit. To give the show-goers a little more room in their section of the barn, I put the two of the group who are not attending the show in with the moms. There was much curiosity on the part of the moms with the new additions to their herd, and the four left behind were quite concerned at the loss of their pen-mates.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

The big trip


We are in full swing with preparations for the long road trip to the show in Ontario.


Last year I had the help of a wonderful wwoofer, but I'm not so lucky this time around.


The straw and hay are in the truck and the alpacas have been in the trailer a couple of times.


This week I have to seriously get the rest of the prep work done or I'm not going anywhere...so much to do.