Macario who helps me out in the mornings is a real star. Always here come rain or shine and never stops working from the moment he arrives until the moment he leaves.

When he first started working with me I explained about scooping the poop and why this was so important. As a result he is almost religious about picking up the poop.

Now this morning it was about minus 12 degrees F and Macario was out there scooping frozen poop and making sure the alpaca water troughs were free from ice.

I was of course still hiding inside with a hot cup of tea...being the coward I am when it comes to sub zero temperatures....

Which is when I saw him deftly pick up the poop rake, turn it upside down and break the ice with the handle then carefully flip it back and scoop out the ice with the poop covered rake!!



Adrian Stewart