New Alpaca Blog

We now have a new Alpaca Blog right on our Walnut Creek Alpacas website!

Over the years I haven't kept up with this blog like I wanted to. I am hoping with the new blog being on our website that it will be easier for me to update on a regular basis.

We invite you to join us on our new blog... see you there! :)

Busy with babies!

We're busy this fall season with alpaca crias. So far we have 9 on the ground and they are gorgeous. The babies are from our champion sires BF Riccardo, Masterpiece Aslan and Peruvian Alliance. They keep us busy but we love every minute of it.

Our Alpaca Gifts are hot... hot... hot!!!

Walnut Creek alpaca gifts are made from our own digital pictures!

Our alpaca photographs are becoming quite popular. All of our gifts are made from high quality digital photos. We're taking special requests at this time. When you find one of our pictures from our website just send us an email with the picture information and what product you want it on. You can choose anything from mousepads to t-shirts. If you want to personalize something further or if you need help... drop us a line and we'll be happy to help you out.

New alpaca gifts at Walnut Creek!

We're all excited about our new products!

Alpacas Kisses T-Shirt

Alpaca Kisses Bag

Several products were made using our alpaca kisses photo. It's really a cute picture of two alpacas kissing. Alpacas kiss by rubbing noses and in this photo I caught a herdsire kissing a new cria (baby) through the fence. The picture is made from a high quality digital photograph. Our products are fully customizable so you can have fun changing the size of the picture or change the style or the text. They make wonderful gifts for any occasion!

Alpaca... pretty peachy!

Alpaca pretty peachy!

It's been too hot lately to get out to take pictures of the alpacas so I thought I would share an old favorite of mine! :)

Alpaca Sleigh Belle

Alpaca Sleigh Belle

Sleigh Belle is one of my favorites! :)

Alpaca... beautiful in black

Alpaca... beautiful in black

AJ's Petite Syrah
Taking pictures of black alpacas can be very challenging at times. Most of the time they look like a black shadow! :)

Thank you Dave...

Thank you Dave...

A big thank you to my husband, Dave, for being an exceptional caretaker. I took this photo after he slept in the barn for about a week with this little cria. With much prayer and God's help, he saved her life!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

My husband, Dave, is wonderful with the alpacas. He loves taking care of all of our babies here on the ranch.

Smile...

Smile...

I love this little baby's face... he always looks so happy.
He makes me smile every time I look at him! :)

Blue moving on...

Blue moving on...

Our beautiful stallion, Blue, was sold. He will be leaving any day now to go to his new home. I will probably cry when he leaves... he will be missed terribly.

We now have gifts available with this great picture of Blue plus we will be adding more! Visit us at Blue's gifts!

Leila our Anatolian Shepherd

Leila our Anatolian Shepherd

Leila is our livestock guardian dog that replaced Sadie when she died. She is an incredibly smart dog and she's doing a fantastic job for us.

Anatolian Shepherds are an old Turkish breed. They were specifically bred to protect livestock and she has proved to be an excellent example of the breed.

She truly is amazing and worth her weight in gold. I've come to love her quickly and I depend on her greatly to protect our alpacas.

We are excited to announce... the opening of our new Alpaca Gift Shop!
Walnut Creek has teamed up with Zazzle to bring to you our own original designs. We are using our own high quality digital images to create everything from greeting cards to t-shirts.

Our featured product!

Alpaca Calendar 2010

We invite you to browse our new Alpaca Gift Shop!

Alpaca show

Alpaca show
Originally uploaded by Walnut Creek Alpacas.

We were so excited... this was Magic's first show and he won a blue ribbon and a color championship!!! Way to go Magic! :)
I love the way he's looking up at Dave in this shot. I wonder if he has any idea how well he did!

Kisses for Angel

Kisses for Angel
Originally uploaded by Walnut Creek Alpacas.

Alpacas kiss by rubbing noses. Everyone gathers around and welcomes the new cria to their alpaca family. Malita and Ruby are saying hello and kissing the baby.

Jenni's Cria

Gold Star Angel, Jenni's Cria
Originally uploaded by Walnut Creek Alpacas.

Jenni had a beautiful healthy little cria. We named her Gold Star Angel. She is extremely friendly and curious so we're having a lot of fun with this little girl.

Alpacas love water

Alpacas love water
Originally uploaded by Walnut Creek Alpacas.

LOL this is a bad angle so I cut Dave out. He's spraying the alpacas legs and bellies with water. They love getting sprayed. Usually they jump around and play in the water but Jenni is due any day now and the last thing she wants to do right now is jump around. As soon as the baby is born I'll post some pictures of her.

Two heads are better than one?

Two heads are better than one?
Originally uploaded by Walnut Creek Alpacas.

Oh LOL! I didn't realize until I saw this picture... we accidently sheared part of Ruby's top knot off! Not to worry, it'll grow back! ;)

For some helpful tips on shearing, visit our article on Alpaca Shearing Tips. By looking at Ruby's head you can see we still make some mistakes when we shear. It's quite a learning process but don't get discouraged. If you have any questions about shearing please feel free to contact us and we'd be more than happy to help out.

Time for a drink

Time for a drink
Originally uploaded by Walnut Creek Alpacas.

Ruby was running around and she sure got thirsty. We wean our babies between 5 and 6 months old. Ruby just turned 5 months old so her days as a nursing baby are almost over. She's shorn now too so she's starting to look more grown up.

Dust Bath

Dust Bath
Originally uploaded by Walnut Creek Alpacas.

I've been busy burning brush lately. Well, when I let the alpacas out front the other day they couldn't wait to roll in the new ash pile. They love to roll, especially in ash. Down in South America they use ash to keep the bugs off of the alpacas. Somehow our alpacas knew about this too! Ocean just finished rolling and Ruby couldn't wait for her turn.