First I'd like to thank my parents for taking interest in and helping to foster my daughters hobby of showing alpacas. We are very happy that they are going to be a major sponsor for the national show in Fort Wayne! This is going to allow us to have our largest presence ever at a show.
I'd like to welcome out newest alpaca, Elijah, to the herd. He makes our 5th and first suri. We had a great visit with Sandy and Mike over the weekend and after a great day came to an agreement on Elijah. We do have a picture on our website of him and will add more of him and all our boys over the next few weeks.
We are looking forward to the IAI show as well as the upcoming national show. We are hoping for great things from our new boys but no matter the outcome are very happy with how we are progressing and learning. It's going to be interesting to learn about suri's and also having some color around.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
The trailer and Fort Wayne Show...
Hey we have wheels... More specfically a trailer! We were able to purchase a horse trailer and conver the in side to open it up for alpacas. We can only firt 3 to 4 in at one time but this should work out pretty well for us for now. It is better than no trailer at all. Especially considering our show next week and then the trips we have to make to pick up our new animals later this spring.
So this is our new trailer from the side. It has the ability to be fully closed up. Storage in the front and on the side. Newer wood floors and was recently sandblasted and painted. The green and white fits our color scheme perfectly.
Converting the trailer for alpacas from horses only took about 1 to 1.5 hours. This was somewhat by luck but also longer than others may take. The center divider was not removable and so it had to be removed by force. I was able to either remove or cut all the screws and bolts holding it in. I also was able to use a hacksaw to remove many metal left over parts. The main board was wood and a jig saw made short work of it. We used a pad that was there from before to cover the support post at the doors cleaned it up and have already used it.
Anyway, I hope to see and meet others at the show in Fort Wayne next week but figure it will be smaller since Nationals is in Fort Wayne in another month and a half and shows have been hit hard by the economy anyway.
So this is our new trailer from the side. It has the ability to be fully closed up. Storage in the front and on the side. Newer wood floors and was recently sandblasted and painted. The green and white fits our color scheme perfectly.
Converting the trailer for alpacas from horses only took about 1 to 1.5 hours. This was somewhat by luck but also longer than others may take. The center divider was not removable and so it had to be removed by force. I was able to either remove or cut all the screws and bolts holding it in. I also was able to use a hacksaw to remove many metal left over parts. The main board was wood and a jig saw made short work of it. We used a pad that was there from before to cover the support post at the doors cleaned it up and have already used it.
Anyway, I hope to see and meet others at the show in Fort Wayne next week but figure it will be smaller since Nationals is in Fort Wayne in another month and a half and shows have been hit hard by the economy anyway.
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