Thursday, October 2, 2025
I wanted to take some time to thank all the vets out there that go above and beyond in their care of our animals.
Please know how deeply we appreciate you, regardless of the outcome.
We understand that sometimes things are not going to end well despite your and our best efforts.
What's most important and appreciated is your prompt response, expertise, and to me, the clincher, your compassion.
Your dedication means the world to us and everyone who has such read more...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
What an amazing show season this has been!
Our animals have exceeded our expectaions and we are so pleased with our results.
In speaking with many of our friends over the years, I have often heard people comment on how they won't attend certain shows because they feel they don't stand a chance against the large farms.
Believe me, I get it. It can be so frustrating going to show after show and not placing as well as you had hoped for.
Rather th read more...
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Saturday, January 25, 2025
Outstanding Dreams Rocky Balboa
Getting off to a rocky start and being a fighter earned Rocky his name.
Rocky had sepsis at birth and was severely compromised. Weak and unable to stand or nurse, we knew intervention was needed to save him.
Thanks to our skilled vet,Dr Callahan, and our being prepared with plasma and colostrum on hand, Rocky bounced back.
At the time Dr Callahan administered the plasma, Rocky was in bad shape. My assesment was read more...
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Saturday, January 28, 2023
The truth about raising livestock is that they will eventually break your heart.
Today was the day we said goodbye to Anticipation Annie.
Annie was the first cria born on our farm and as such, held a special place in our hearts.
She was such a special girl, from her beautiful markings to her personality, Annie stood out in the crowd.
Many little kids mistook her for a cow with her black and white pattern resembling a Holstein.
She was the boss of the girls pasture and all newcomers had t read more...
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Saturday, February 1, 2020
ODF'S Ragnar
I had a very nice day today as I delivered Ragnar to his new home. Such a beautiful, well tended farm with loads of room to roam and a new pasture buddy! He settled in right away and though both are intact adult males, they got along quite well right from the beginning.
I'm often asked how I'm able to part with our alpacas. Honestly, it is bittersweet and sometimes very difficult for us. After all, here's an animal that you raised from birth and oftentimes have cared for for years.The thing is read more...
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
Boy, there's never a dull moment around here!
What an exciting and fun day as we experienced a birth while being interviewed for a segment on our local TV station.
We were contacted a few days ago by reporter Brooke Butler who works for Channel 47-WMDT Salisbury to do an interview for a segment called The Brightside on the evening news. Of course we were excited to take part in this and things were set for today at 11:00. As we were getting ready this morning, one of our alpacas named Adele st read more...
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
Outstanding Omen
What's in a name?
Since today is Throwback Thursday, I thought I'd let everyone know how we arrived at the name of our farm.
Recently there have been several very nice articles written about our farm and our festival.
While these articles are wonderful and flattering and we are truly grateful for them, the one thing they all have in common is mistakes in the story of how we came about the name, Outstanding Dreams Farm.
So here you go, it's pretty simple really!
When we bought our farm in 20 read more...
Dreams
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Thank You
Two little words with such big meaning.
Recently, we had a wonderful visit from a very nice family. The grandparents are local, while the daughter and granddaughter were visiting from England.
The little girl, age nine, loved meeting our alpacas and had loads of great questions. Lucky Charm and her daughter Lucky Lady played their roles as our alpaca ambassadors while we discussed all things alpaca. She was such a sweet and kind child as was read more...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Another Year's shearing is in the books.
The day dawned bright and sunny despite a gloomy forecast. However, as shearing got underway, thunderstorms broke out and torrential downpours set upon us. Luckily, we were prepared and all our alpacas were already inside our barn. Actually, we never missed a beat and things continued running smoothly.
The showers passed and the sunshine returned. All our alpacas sported their new haircuts and are now prepared for warmer weather.
We are fortunate to read more...
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
On Deck
Hats off to the Pennsylvania Alpaca Breeders Association (PAOBA) for putting on a wonderful show!
As this was our first time attending the show at their new venue, we weren't sure what to expect. We were pleased with the animal friendly setup which made our alpacas feel more at ease than the traditional arena setups with concrete floors.
We know how much work it takes to put one of these shows on and the volunteers are to be commended. The hospitality we were shown was great and much appre read more...
Pep talk
Vickie's new alpaca
Alpaca my bag!
Making friends
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