It’s a busy time at the moment. We are currently in Germany on the third leg of our European Tour 2022 judging a two-day halter show.  The tour started in Ireland a couple of weeks ago then moved on to Norway last weekend. It was a good chance to catch up with our Norwegian Alpaca… Read more »

Board members keep sharing events at their farms, and I thought to stretch time and location to reach beyond the local patch and, in this blog, go back as far as 2011 and our first trip to Peru shortly after we started looking after alpacas in Sussex. Referring to a ‘first trip’ may be somewhat… Read more »

As alpaca owners we are constantly being told that the biggest issue we face is the risk of parasites in our herds. I have to confess to having had occasional problems with the dreaded Barbers Pole and Emac , costing time, money and sometimes heartache. I’ve learnt to run faecal samples, I spend ages body… Read more »