Heard today that the last of the three girls I took to NWA for breedings have now all been confirmed as pregnant having spit off several times then scanned pregnant using ultrasound by the Vet. Now I need to sit down and work out when I can go up there and bring them home.

Mike who owns NWA was telling me that this summer he has had all the data from the alpacas that were originally imported into the US entered into a database so that any breeder in North America can access the data. Not exactly sure what data he has on the imported animals but he sounded pretty pleased with what he had done so I guess it could be interesting. I will post a link here on the Blog once the data is accessible on the NWA web site.

If you aren't a member of an AOBA Affiliate you really should think about joining one. For those of you who are in an AOBA Affiliate then you should have recently received a short series of questions about the fees for fibre entries at AOBA certified alpaca shows and the provision of insurance by AOBA to its members. All of this has come about with the formation of the Affiliate Congress, which is essentially a collection of all the AOBA Affiliate Presidents.