Today we went about our usual Saturday alpaca chores and in addition we pepared for a farm visit in the afternoon. The people who arrived had found us via the internet and we had swapped e-mails for a few days and sent additional pictures of the alpacas they are interested in.

It doesn't really matter who they are or where they were from.

What was striking was that they were vey well prepared and had done a great deal of homework before arriving at the farm. Their examination of the alpacas was comprehensive and they asked many many questions about the animals and explored our thoughts on alpacas and alpaca breeding. If I didn't know otherwise I would have thought that they had been in the business years.




We are waiting for histograms back on the alpacas that they are interested in so we will have to be patient to see if they are interested in making an offer on an alpaca or two at that time.

The visit lasted 4 hours about 2 of which were spent in the paddocks and barn handling male and female alpacas and their fleeces. A further two hours were spent chatting around the kitchen table. They were charming company and the time just flew by. But then it always does when you are talking with people who are so enthusiastic and excited about alpacas and the alpaca industry. Its days like today that make it all worthwhile.



Adrian Stewart