Meet Smokey

Smokey
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Sugar Bear had a beautiful colt today. Dave is imprinting while I'm taking the pictures so you'll see hands in most of my baby pictures. :)

In case you didn't know what imprinting is... horses and alpacas are flight animals. Instinctively they are afraid of people. When we imprint we get the babies use to the human touch. They smell our hands and we rub them all over so they will learn to trust us. It's well worth it because it's an impression that lasts a life time. It actually works because we have very friendly horses and alpacas.

New Colt

Thank you!
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Stormy had a beautiful paint colt yesterday and he is gorgeous! Imprinting foals is so important so we gave him a lot of TLC and he loved it.

Big hug for Sienna

Big hug for Sienna
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Alpacas are flight animals so they are usually very timid. People are amazed at how tame some of our alpacas are. We give them a lot of TLC and plenty of hugs and kisses. :)
It's easy to fall in love with alpacas... they all have smiles on their faces and they have a pleasant hmmm. Ahh music to my ears!

Happy Alpaca Dance

Happy Alpaca Dance
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Jenni is due in May but she was so happy the other day that she did a little dance! Jenni needs her toenails trimmed but we have to wait. It's best not to stress a pregnant female in the first two months and the last two months of pregnancy. She'll get her nails done when we shear her this May.

Alpaca Chat

Paca Gossip
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Ocean and Jenni are having a serious discussion. ;)
Jenni (on the right) is due this May. This will be her first baby so Ocean is probably giving her a few tips about being a good mom.

I'm so soft they can't keep their hands off me!

I'm so soft they can't keep their hands off me!
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Malita is so sweet. She enjoys farm visitors as much as they enjoy her!

Crias on the run

Crias on the run
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The alpaca babies love to run and play!