Monday, March 16, 2015
Here’s a follow-up to our alpaca hat donation to Knotsoflove.org. Knotsoflove.org is a wonderful charity that accepts new hats for cancer patients located across the US. We sent them a dozen alpaca stocking hats and the Director called me to personally thank us. She said that our hats were being distributed to several VA hospitals in Georgia, Montana and California. Her appreciation was overwhelming, and she asked to keep sending them. To date, they have donated nearly a quarter million hats all read more...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
It’s amazing to me that alpacas are drawn to kids – and always fun for us to watch the magic between them. For the kids, it’s pure wonder looking into the alpaca’s eyes, trying to touch and get just close enough before the alpaca moves. Every once in a while, the kids get lucky and find an alpaca who wants to be loved on. Quiet. Calm. Wonder.
One the other side of the coin, the alpaca mind is wondering – who is this small “human” and what do they want of me? I just need to check them out, sma read more...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Liberty Alpacas is proud to donate a dozen alpaca hats to Knotsoflove.org -- a 501c organization located in Southern California who donate over 1,000 hats per week to cancer patients. Thanks JoAnn Weeks (Mom) for making these hats out of our alpaca fiber, your love and strength have taught me to be a kind and compassionate person with a strong spirit.
This is such a worthy cause.....enjoy their story......
Knots of Love.org-- Our Story
My grandmother taught me how to crochet when I was read more...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Marketing for Alpaca Breeders: Think About Your Target Market
By Carla Paton
A spectrum of buyers
One of the first rules of marketing is to think about and to get to know your target audience or market. For alpaca breeders, our audience is usually somewhere along a continuum, with buyers who are totally new to alpacas to established breeders with years of experience. And with each marketing effort, we need to consider which group or groups we are targeting.
Match the campaign to your buy read more...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
The Alpaca Market in the Year 2018
By Mike Safely, NW Alpacas
I have given hundreds of seminars about alpacas in the last 20 years. There is one question that I am always asked: How long do you think the market for alpaca breeding stock will last? For years my pat answer was: At least five years. After fifteen years of giving that answer I realized that my answer was wrong every time.
The truth is that the alpaca market has exceeded most of us old timers’ expectations. And based on the read more...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
We look forward to the Priority Auction every year in Las Vegas! In 2014, we had the second highest selling female. This year, we saw some different prices but we brought a quality dam and cria pair that were equally as nice as last year's lot. Our mission - bring the best!
Patagonia's Cholena (dam) & Liberty's Allegiance (cria) sold to the highest bidder for $12,000 to Nancy Chappell, of Patagonia Estates who hails from Bend, Oregon.
This mom and daughter really had a buzz going at the au read more...
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