Big Rock Alpaca Farm

? Well it’s all over!? At least for us, I’m writing this post at 8:00 PM Sunday evening, having left at around 4:00 PM.? There were still a lot of classes left to go and some people thought it could be going on until 8:00 or 9:00 in the evening.? I sure hope they got it all wrapped up.? Because of a bunch of other stuff going on at the moment this was the first year in several that I haven’t volunteered to help setup and/or tear down.? I just want to thank all those that did volunteer, I know there’s a lot of work involved.

And as promised here is the picture of the boys with Dakari and their ribbons.? Way to go guys!

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? Actually it’s a little more than half over, figuring the obstacles were done Friday evening, it is scheduled to end late Sunday afternoon.? Both of the boys did really well in their respective classes for the obstacles.? Josh in the junior youth got a fifth place and Jake in the sub junior youth got a first place by one point (picture to follow).? I’d say they did a little better than last year.
Dakari shows as a medium fawn and this year was not much different than previous years, it’s actually a little better than before.? We couldn’t leave early because they could make it to his class, but then they cut it off and we have to be the first class in the morning.? This year there are about ten classes before the class Dakari is in so we don’t need to be there first thing in the morning.? We’ll probably be hitting the show ring around 10:00 AM or so.

See PAOBA Breeder’s Showcase for more information.

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Our next show will be The PAOBA Breeder’s Showcase on Mother’s Day Weekend in York, PA.? This is always a fun show, it’s not nearly as big as MAPACA.? This year we’re only taking and showing Dakari, and both Josh and Jake will be doing the obstacle course with him.

Hopefully they’ll do as well as they did last year.

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We had some good help while at the show. Josh and Jake were both very helpful at getting the alpacas ready for the ring.

Jake took it upon himself to be the primary poop scooper.

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We recently attended the 2008 MAPACA Jubilee in Harrisburg, PA. It was a very busy busy weekend with lots of photo opportunities. One of my favorite was the Get of Sire line up. It was awesome to see so many alpacas lined up in a row. And the amazing thing was they were just standing, none were jumping around. Unfortunately I only got the backs of the handlers, I wish I would have had time to get down from the stands to get the backs of the alpacas. I did get the backs of the alpacas on the ribbon ceremony, but it wasn’t quite as impressive as the initial line up.

Here’s a shot of the results line up, but it’s not quite as impressive as the initial line up.

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