Good things come in small packages and we got one late on Tuesday night. It was not a new cria, but little Jemma who is 11 months old. She arrived in the US from Canada last month with our other alpacas and went to another farm. As these economic times have affected us all, they were unable to pay for her. So, she is now with us. She arrived via transport late Tuesday evening. It was cool and dark, so we walked her out to the pasture to find the other “ladies”. Once we heard the humming we knew she would be fine and we let her get reacquainted with her friends.

It’s now been just over a week since we separated Chispero and September Rain from the main herd because they are going to Nationals next month. Not wanting to have Jemma get lonely while they are away, we put her right in with the older girls. She’s doing great ! Rain is a big girl and she is kind of missing the older girls. Chispero has finally stopped standing at the fence staring back at his Dam…. well, most of the time anyway. For an older male he is such a mamma’s boy!!

I continue to work with both Chispero and Rain for halter training when weather permits. This last weekend Chispero and I spent a bit of time walking around the pasture, or shall I say back and forth near the fence. He still needs a little nudge to move forward. He still has a way to go before “show time” and I’m determined that he will NOT embarrass me in the ring !!