tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73590499508002932802024-03-06T01:06:07.065-08:00Westhill AlpacasRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.comBlogger844125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-85600464136997485342016-04-29T12:07:00.000-07:002016-04-29T12:07:06.829-07:00Halter trainingBit of halter training this evening made a nice change from kitchen stuff.<br />
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The boys are off to their new home soon - they will be missed but it is time for them to go!<br />
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The kitchen is proving to be a mammoth operation and we have now reached the stage of no sink, no washing machine, no work surface - so it is salad followed by salad and it is not really the weather for it!<br />
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Well - that is enough resting! Two little boys to get ready to go to their new home and a drive to dig up!</div>
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-6129855787767928392016-04-08T14:26:00.001-07:002016-04-08T14:26:25.828-07:00Just a quickyFeels very cold at the moment and I am still in several jumpers for most of the time. Lambing is almost over - just two hanging on until the bitter end. Lots of lovely lambs jumping about - love the little Dorpers!<br />
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We are off to market tomorrow and then it is a rush back to move sheep and check over a sold alpaca ready for delivery next week.</div>
Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-42025848990241126882016-04-01T11:32:00.002-07:002016-04-07T01:45:02.701-07:00Every one is growing upOff to Wales tomorrow to deliver four alpacas so today has been a dash round to check everybody is well sorted so there isn't too much to do in the morning. We shall be getting back as quickly as possible though as my Dorper Sheep are due next week. In fact, next week is looking busy already as I have to arrange another pre movement Tb test for another sold boy. Little ones are all growing well but the two young lads haven't yet found a home - hopefully, they will do soon!<br />
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And the lambs are growing up and playing like crazy - all very exciting! Too many exclamation marks as usual.<br />
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Yesterday was pre movement Tb testing on four sold alpacas - hopefully, on their way to a lovely new home very soon. I got home afterwards to a message that another sale was confirmed so that is another to test!</div>
Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-37405691343713941732016-03-17T11:48:00.000-07:002016-03-17T11:48:01.006-07:00The Badgers are here!My car is jinxed - now it appears to have a tyre problem (thank you GHN for spotting that). Regardless, we soldier on and last night I acquired a few little badgers - - the sheep variety!<br />
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Despite not mentioning them, things have not been quiet on the alpaca front and four should be going to a lovely new home very soon - more on that another time as now I must whip off and check for new lambs!</div>
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Sorry, this is not really alpaca or sheep related! Lambing continues - nearing the end now although I do have the 4 Dorpers at the beginning of April. Alpacas are ticking along nicely - they have had two visitors in the last week, something Trouble enjoys immensely.<br />
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Real subject of this blog, though, is cars - my car to be more precise! Eight days ago - a day etched in my mind - my shopping was stolen from my car whilst parked at the field. This made me hopping mad but I blamed myself as I was carrying a sick lamb and various other bits so locked the car but did not check the boot and the central locking can be erratic. I assumed it was my fault and the boot had bee unlocked as they had obviously got in through the boot. They had left a £400 camera on the floor in the front and, incidentally, a £10 note in the side pocket - I think I disturbed them coming up the track as I did hear someone whistle. Anyway, cross as I was, I blamed myself.<br />
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Now I need a new door!!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-20382050928583870772016-03-07T11:12:00.002-08:002016-03-07T11:12:44.728-08:00Lambing!I know the blog has got behind! I have been lambing and fitting in alpaca vistors around it. Hopefully, things will calm down soon but for now here are a few photos of some of the lambs!<br />
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The weather has been a bit of a challenge and I have taken to carrying a water bottle round with me under my jacket - sun showed itself for a bit today though so, hopefully, things are picking up!</div>
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Here are some lambs - photos taken on phone - to be going on with!<br />
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That's my natty leopard print lambing bag hanging on the fence post!</div>
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Lovely set of Black Welsh Mountain triplets</div>
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Lambs not coming for another week or so but Grace - the little Southdown - caused a bit of a panic with a prolapse of her cervix. It is now safely back in with a spoon, normally they fall out when I do it but Kev tied it in with a bit of bailer twine so I think it is staying put!<br />
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The other ewes are all having a bit of a funny five minutes with a lot of head butting and falling out with each other!<br />
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Try to ignore the fact that I have not done any cleaning for days! A beautiful stand for leaflets - copy of the logo! Here is the other side - <br />
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So pleased with it - thank you to the Knight and the GHN - what a wonderful surprise!<br />
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Smiling over that is going to keep me going through mud, wet and rain this afternoon as I check sheep - sheep who are due to start lambing at the weekend! I would rather sit by the fire and knit at the moment but little Grace the Southdown is looking very big udder wise and very gaping back end wise. The flower Lady is producing far more than I am at the moment and brought round beautiful hats, scarves and arm warmers yesterday. I am also hoping to get to the mill on Friday as I need more fleece spun - a thicker yarn this time so I can experiment with cables. I have also had discussions with The Natural Fibre Company regarding mixing Southdown, Romney and alpaca. I haven't quite decided yet but it might be rather interesting.<br />
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It is supposed to be getting colder and drier - so far we have a bit of cold but still getting rain. Mud is the big problem as the alpacas - and the sheep - are churning the ground up and turning field shelters and poly tunnels into bogs. All I can do is put down straw and hope for the best but I do worry someone is going to come a cropper as they charge down for feed. Sapphire is limping but I can't see anything seriously wrong so I will give her a day and see if it improves. This is the sight that greets me every morning and I have to push everyone out in order to stare in dismay at the state of the floor and attempt to make it look less like a toilet/mud bath! Roll on spring!<br />
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This morning I managed to make it to computer club and have finally sorted my laptop a bit - I couldn't open word documents which meant the last invoice I sent ended up as a blank bit of paper - not ideal! Computer club is only down the road in the village and I shall be going again as it is very helpful.<br />
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Carl was a bit over excited last night as I told him I needed him for 20 minutes in the bedroom when he got home from work - the excitement did not last when he realised it was to turn the mattress and hoover under the bed!<br />
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At the moment I am feeling my age as artists I grew up with seem to be dying - Lemmy first and now David Bowie. I had posters of Bowie on my wall as a teenager and his records remind me of my youth - record players, LPs, Sunday evening chart countdown which I listened to on a radio with a green light that had to warm up before you got the station!<br />
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Carolyn was the only one who ventured out this afternoon - and that was only to hide behind a tree.<br />
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The sheep do not have the luxury of a field shelter or a poly tunnel but are not worried about it.<br />
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Sunday was, almost, a complete break from animals. We went over the other side of Winchester to do a husbandry visit but then returned for Sam's 21st birthday celebrations - a day at Muddy Bottom Pay and Play. Driving around in mud - a lot of mud - did not, at first, seem much of a day out but I have to say it was brilliant. Sam had some good mates there with him and they all knew their vehicles and were well equipped!<br />
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Sam was itching to go through to the other bit but can't until he has some other bit of equipment on his truck - I don't suppose it will be that long before that materialises!<br />
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-48123633804142859982016-01-01T13:03:00.002-08:002016-01-01T13:03:36.740-08:0021 - almost!A very happy New Year to all!<br />
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As usual Christmas was upon us before we were ready for it. I cooked the turkey and then trundled it down to Mother's to have dinner at her house (being a lot cleaner than ours and possessing a table and dish washer). The turkey was the strangest beast I have ever had in my oven - it appeared to be breastless. Initially, I thought I had cooked it upside down but closer inspection of leg joints confirmed it was the right way up, however, the breast appeared to have sunk and was situated underneath it. The only explanation I can come up with which is reasonably feasible was that it was an old bird and rather saggy. It tasted okay, just looked odd. <br />
Christmas Day night was very noisy as Sam, Kristy and both tractor lads appeared (one brought his Parp Parp Penguin cracker to add to the festivities - his Mother has told him to give it back and not to let it darken her doors again!). Carl put on his new shearing trousers and vest and tried to remember how to shear a sheep whilst Kristy and Sam demonstrated the proper use of Star Wars light sabres.<br />
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Boxing Day we visited Carl's parents which was far more civilised and where we ate far too much beef. Since then there has been a lot of rain and wind but, despite this, we have managed to get the sheep checked over and feet done where necessary. The home girls have taken up residence in the poly tunnel but are still filthy - quite happy though.<br />
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Despite the mud we now have to get on with halter training the three little boys as they need to go on the sales list before too long. It is also, and I can't really believe this, Sam's 21st birthday on Monday - time has flown - seems only yesterday he was like this!<br />
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-31479148993448935812015-12-23T13:44:00.003-08:002015-12-23T13:49:04.830-08:00Happy Christmas to all!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Rain and wind - lots of rain and wind. Mud - lots of that as well. The girls are temporarily back in the front field and the garden as the back field is just too wet. They find this very exciting but I am not sure I am going to have many strawberries next year. This morning they were all jam packed in the poly tunnel having strewn hay around with gay abandon. Photo did not come out well so a summery one instead.<br />
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Sadly my truck blew up the day before yesterday. I left it running whilst taking Greeves his hay and there was a sudden noise like a pile of scaffolding collapsing. I drove it slowly up to the sheep with a lot of clanking going on and by the time I had got back to the barn it was steaming from under the bonnet. I abandoned it and Carl has now diagnosed multiple problems - luckily he has also fixed multiple problems so I am field mobile again.<br />
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Well, we have a tree up, most presents and cards are done and delivered, mine pies made, mince pies eaten. I have the best ever Christmas crackers this year - I have a bit of a thing abut crackers. I don't like pulling them, I just like looking at them and guessing what is inside. I have still got left over crackers from donkeys of years ago that I bring out every year but a few years ago now I realised that Sam was opening them and taking out any good prizes and then sealing them back up again so I doubt if much of any use is left inside them. This year's crackers are disappearing fast as they are particularly good and people keep walking off with them! They are penguins which you can reuse, they don't bang just make a little parp sound (you can make a cheap Lidl version with a McDonalds cup - just push the straw up and down in the lid - we discovered this on our long journeys at the weekend!).<br />
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Incidentally, me wheel spinning out of the drive as the Carol singers approached was not, <span style="background-color: yellow;">despite whatever</span> the Grave Digger might think, avoidance tactics! Kane (the new ram) needed checking as he is a little feisty at the moment<br />
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A very Happy Christmas to anyone reading!!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-1013275040385464892015-12-21T11:31:00.002-08:002015-12-21T11:31:22.759-08:00Goodbyes and HellosWell, what a weekend that was! We have driven for miles! And I have eaten far too much takeway food to be good for me. Harry, Alice and Saul have all gone to their new homes - always sad to see them go but their new owners are happy and I know they have all found excellent homes.<br />
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Weather here is not at all Christmas like. Good for grass but bad for mud. Getting the stock trailer out at the weekend was a nightmare with Carl having to resort to dragging it out with the quad with me on the back for ballast (and I have lost weight so I thought that was a bit cheeky!) I can't give you wet alpaca photos so here's an old summer one!<br />
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And these are my new additions - The Dorpers!<br />
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With Kane the Dorper Ram. Kane is not too happy at the moment as I haven't yet let him in with Leaf (my Southdown ram) - I think that move will need a bit of supervision and planning!<br />
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All alpacas are wet, filthy, bedraggled and unworthy of a photo but next week we will see!<br />
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I have also gained a cat. Can't find who it belongs to but it comes every morning and evening and shrieks at me from a perch on the recycle bin until I feed her (or could be a him). My cats are afraid of it and cower until it goes away. When it first arrived it was very thin - but it is not thin now!<br />
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Sunday I am also collecting my new sheep - now when am I going to do my Christmas shopping?Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-43176965139268864832015-11-22T11:54:00.004-08:002015-11-22T11:54:59.583-08:00Hope today, knitting tomorrowToday saw us at another Christmas Market. This one was at Hope Nature Centre <a href="http://www.hopenaturecentre.org.uk/newsite/">http://www.hopenaturecentre.org.uk/newsite/</a> and was the first time we had been to an event there with the knitting. Not, however, the first time we have visited as they take a group of lambs each year for visitors to see in the animal park. They also have our two original alpacas Dobby and Caedmon (although I think Caedmon has a different name now!). It is a great place to visit and was set up to provide work placements for young adults with learning difficulties.<br />
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The photo shows when I was setting up so I did organise it marginally better by the time it opened! The new mannequin head was an attraction on it's own as it mesmerised children and one gentleman had to do a double take as he thought it was real! Thank you to GHN for sourcing it for me! We sold well and I also came away with three orders. This is good but I somehow have to fill the orders and knit more for next weekend as we are low yet again. I am going to crawl round to the Flower Lady next week as see if I can tempt her into taking on a hat as one she made was so popular it has been requested again!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-38541016222833554882015-11-21T12:35:00.001-08:002015-11-21T12:35:04.266-08:00Christmas Markets beginIt is very cold here - we knew it was coming but it is still a bit of a shock when the wind bites through you on the hill!<br />
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This morning we took the knitting to a lovely Christmas Market which was, thankfully, inside. We sold more than I expected so I am rushing to finish another scarf for the next market which is tomorrow! Looking forward to that one - Hope Nature Centre where two of our alpacas went and they also have five of this year's lambs.<br />
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When we got back from the market today we managed to fit in a quick bit of halter training after checking on a limping lamb.<br />
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Kitchen a mess of tools and mud<br />
Alpacas filthy<br />
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<strong>Although</strong> weather may have been the reason why one morning last week I opened the back door to find a young ram standing on the path looking longingly at the cat flap - by the time I had found my boots from amongst the chaos which is the kitchen, he had gone and was no where to be found - not one of mine! <br />
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Alpacas are all doing well but halter training with the cria has stumbled to a halt due to that thing I will not mention again. Their weaning paddock is ready for them although they have a while yet with their Mum's.<br />
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Carl was on holiday last week and we planned a lot of work on the kitchen - it was slow to dawn on me that Carl had not been actually listening to me whilst I was planning so, although some progress has been made, there is still a long way to go. Carl seems to have spent more time creating a tool storage unit which I fear he thinks may be permanent! He has spent most of this evening with the Tractor boys discussing the advantages of an in kitchen tool storage area amongst other things!<br />
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Leaf, my Southdown Ram, is now settled in with his new friends having quickly completed mating the ewes - not tht long and it will be time to sort all the lambig equipment again. 81 lambs last year but shouldn't be quite as many next year.<br />
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Sadly, it looks very unlikely that one of the felt hats will make it as they are still some way from acceptable (light years away actually!)Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-48121736117838936342015-11-03T07:56:00.002-08:002015-11-03T07:56:42.510-08:00kitchens and alpacasWe are in the middle of doing up the kitchen and it is slow going despite Carl having the week off. The problem is there are so many other things that need doing and that are far more important! I may be living in a tip for the foreseeable future.<br />
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The weekend saw most of the alpacas getting their vitamin D for the winter. I have a few more to go but am having the usual problem with getting hold of vitamin D.<br />
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Sheep are all doing well and the ram is now out and settled with his little group of boys. The girls are all up in third field and charge down when they hear me coming. Best Scottie really wants to follow me around all the time.<br />
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Tomorrow we are having a day off from everything an going out!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-68252201464731443522015-10-26T07:56:00.000-07:002015-10-26T07:56:18.659-07:00A Day outWindy here today - still partly in a T-shirt but the wind has played havoc with my hair do. I had it done specially on Friday as I anticipated a flashy night out (Silver wedding anniversary) and what did we end up doing? Ear tagging lambs in the rain and moving barriers! With the careful use of a Tesco carrier bag I managed to keep the hair relatively under control in anticipation of a possible day out Saturday - which I got but not quite what I would have liked as we spent it taking the lambs to market and having a Market Breakfast at Sedgemoor Auction Centre! Ah well - maybe next year! <br />
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Sunday did not turn into a day of rest either as it was off to the depths of Hampshire to do some Lambivacs - mind you that was fun and I did get a bag of chips on the way home! Halter training did not happen as hoped on Sunday as Carl disappeared off with the Tractor Lads to do 'wooding' which basically means massive chain saws and logs appearing in the shed.<br />
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I don't appear to have any new photos this time as I have spent every spare moment knitting in preparation for Christmas Markets and I am also still struggling with the felt hats. I am not sure felting is going to be my forte but I am persevering for the moment as I want to make on with knitted flowers attached and in my head it looks lovely!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-89254562878061237282015-10-20T09:48:00.001-07:002015-10-20T09:48:11.821-07:00BottomsThis has been a very trying week with a tragedy in amongst it - but I will not dwell on that! It began with Carl feeling under the weather last week and (I have been banned from going into details) ended with massive overuse of the toilet and a decidedly drawn and thinner Carl! On the plus side, he has decided one bathroom is definitely not enough in a house, I have slept wonderfully and have shed a little more weight myself!<br />
Today I visited the Bionic Shepherd who is suffering but making progress - becoming fed up with being house bound whilst the sun shines but rain is forecast for tomorrow. I am now just getting ready for alpaca mite prevention and vitamins when Carl gets home. We were lucky to have Sam and Kristy's unexpected help at the weekend for sheep moving and alpaca reorganising. With Carl being unsteady and needing to be within 2 minutes of facilities I didn't think he would be much help and handling all the moves on my own was looking a bit challenging (in the end he was okay if a bit bandy legged). Sam also proved a little star by sorting out Granny's car battery for us so the week was easier than it could have been.<br />
Little Saul is becoming a mechanic and is very critical of the tow bar on the poo picker! The other cria are a bit scared of it but he is right up there!<br />
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FW and Walnut have to be kept away from the apples as they love them and eat any fallers they can find with great gusto - and a lot of noise! Charging over if they see me picking some for the alpacas.<br />
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Flem's cria has started to feel he is the boss but Cassies's little girl does not agree - Saul has just started standing up to him.<br />
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Now, once the alpacas are done I must get back to a fawn shawl I am attempting to knit and a pair of black gloves for light relief. The Flower Lady called in with a pair of lovely arm warmers and a scarf this morning and so I have to keep up!!!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741516978378790489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359049950800293280.post-75863927521169570212015-10-12T08:26:00.001-07:002015-10-12T08:26:36.720-07:00A start to halter trainingLovely sunny day today. The alpacas are going a bit apple crazy - I think I have overdone it a bit on the apple front as well! We have just started the initial stages of cria halter training. Everyone has their own method - ours starts slowly and then usually ends up in a mad rush as we need them halter trained for some reason and haven't got on with it properly. Up until now the cria have just been living their own little lives, exploring their world with the occasional check over. Sunday that all changed and it was into the catch pen for a brief introduction to leg stroking and seeing a halter for the first time. I usually just let them have a look and a sniff but as Saul, Black baby and Flem's monster all stuck their heads straight in the halters, we went slightly further and rested it round their heads. Worst was black baby.<br />
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Star of the class was Saul<br />
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He was perfectly happy to stand with it almost done up<br />
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I have had complaints about the halter being pink but it is the only one which is roughly the right size! We will just keep getting them used to seeing the halter and having it pushed up over their nose and then take it from there.<br />
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