Here is a helpful list of tips for the beginner and the seasoned alpaca breeder:

 

 

Show Preparation 101

What's Going on in the Show Ring?

Types of Hay

Plants that are Poisonous

Do They Spit?

Harsh Winter Care

Parasites?

Mike Safley's Alpaca Journal

More Alpaca Q&A's

Getting Started in the Alpaca Business

What Makes a Champion?

A Tribute to Don Julio Barreda 1919-2006

GLOSSARY (Printable PDF)

Marty McGee Camelid Dynamics:

2007 Articles
5/15 Controlling a Kicking Alpaca
3/16 Males Not Interested In Breeding
2/5 Retire, Donate or Euthanasia?


2006 Articles
11/20 Suggestions for Cria Handling
9/09 Any Hope for this Aggressive Male?
8/21 Alpaca and Their Tasty Treats
7/2 Handling a New Cria
5/1 Aggressive Male Behavior
4/1 I Bought Alpacas, Now What?


2005 Articles
11/10 Can Alpacas Be Trained To Do...
10/14 Quarreling Male Alpacas
9/20 Choice of Guard Animal
8/10 Overprotective Mother When...
7/01 Fear of Suffocation When Haltered
6/03 Using TTeam on Shearing Day
5/11 My Alpacas Are Not Getting Along
4/18 Overcoming Shyness in Your Alpaca
4/6  TTouch Methods to Help Sick Cria
2/22  Should I Geld? 


2004 Articles
12/24  Sudden Aggressive Behavior 
12/1 Training for Beginners
11/5 Frustration with Cushing
10/14  Training Vs. Handling
10/7  Scattered Dung Piles
8/18  Establish Boundaries w/ Frisbee
7/5  Affection Influence Performance?
4/9   Managing Male Dominance
3/18  Novice Handler Syndrome
1/13  Alpaca Sensitive to the Touch
 
2/3   Separate A Cria From Its Mother?
 
3/1   Undoing the Damage of Poor...

2003 Articles
 
8/3    Why Won't My Alpacas Come...
 8/11  Fighting Gelding
 8/25  Herdsire Jealousy
 
9/4    Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks
 9/8    Personality Changes in Alpacas
 9/22  Stubborn With The Lead
 10/8  Cushing In Protest
 10/18  Discouraging Kicking
 11/13  Genetic Component to Behavior?
 11/29  Removing Fighting Teeth
 

 

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