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Summer 2015 Contents General Interest A quarterly publication of the South Central Llama Association.
www.scla.us/scla.html
SCLA OFFICERS (Term 09/2011- 09/2014)
President: Sean Price • 281-830-2368 • figranch@flash.net Vice President: Bill Simpson •(409) 625-0309 OR (972) 978-6229 • N5YA@N5YA.com Secretary: Adryce Mathisen, •682) 551-7799 (cell); (817) 866-4368 • adryce@att.net Treasurer: Bob Lyons • 210-497-3151 • boblyons1@satx.rr.com
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Region One: (Area codes: 210-361-512-737-830-956) Susan Leslie (09/2011-09/2014) (830)401-0819 leslielanellamas@gmail.com Region Two: (Area cades: 214-405-430-469-479-501-580903-918-972) Bob Carroll (903) 229-8029(Term: 9/2013-9/2016) rcranch1@yahoo.com Region Three: (Area codes:254-325-432-682-817 806-940-915-505) Deborah Ignacio (09/2012- 09/2015) 817-454-8882 deborah.ignacio@yahoo.com Region Four: (Area codes: 281-318-346-409-504-713832-936-979-985) Trisha McKaskle (281) 414-3584 (Term: 9/2013 - 9/2016) hitekllama@aol.com
Llamas Help Wimberly, Texas Floos Victims.............................................. 8 My Life With Llamas........................................................................................ 14
Local SCLA Youth Win The 2015 ALSA Youth Scholarship.......................16 Miss Z Llama Snake Bite......................................................................................17 How We Sold 180 Llama Rugs in 8 months..................................................19 Llamas And Pet Partners.....................................................................................22 Tons of fun at the ALSA Advanced and Beginner Judging Clinic.........25 Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic Llama and Alpaca Show......................28 Disposal of Domestic or Exotic Livestock Carcassses....................................35 Latest Update on the Camelid Jamboree!....................................................39 Explaining Camilid Behavior to the Uninformed.......................................40 Breeders Thoughts On Showing & Judging.................................................43 Fiber Wanderings...................................................................................................48 Ask The CSU Vet Team..........................................................................................52
Always Inside President’s Statement............................................................................................4 . Editor’s Note..............................................................................................................4 New Members........................................................................................................... 6 Dates Ahead.............................................................................................................. 6 SCLA 2015 Election – Call for Candidates.....................................................55 SCLA Library............................................................................................................57 SCLA Membership Form.....................................................................................60
Director-At-Large: Jim Doyle (Term: 9/2011 - 9/2014) 940-482-3192: cell 940-391-1862 JDoyle@marikollamas.com
SCLA COMMITTEES
Activities.................................................... No chair at this time Membership..............................................................Karen Conyngham Nomination . ............................Marcie Saska-Agnew-chairperson Property.....................................................................Sean Price Fund Raising..................................................................... Open Youth................................................................ Christie Stewart Finance - Budget..............................Bob Lyons • Dan Johnson Librarian.............................................................Barbara Welch Conference................................................ No chair at this time National Lama Intervention & Rescue Coordination Council Scholarship........................................ .........Mary Nell Doyle - Chair .............................Susan Boblyanski, Adryce Mathisen, Brenda Gilmore SCLA Booth............................................... No chair at this time Web site......................................................... Sharon Bramblett By-Laws.............................................................Jim Doyle, Bev Johnson
SHOWS - Thanks For Volunteering Your Time!
Teresa Brruening..........................................State Fair of Texas-Dallas Jim Doyle............................Southwestern Livestock and Rodeo-Fort Worth Stephanie Clark.........................................West Texas Fair & Rodeo-Abilene Di Collins..........................................................San Angelo Livestock Show- San Angelo Trisha McKaskle...........................................Houston Livestock Show
EDITOR/DESIGN/LAYOUT
Ruby Herron 17102 Mueschke Rd., Cypress, TX 77433 713-249-8523 • HummingHerald@FigmentRanch.com
The views expressed herein are those of the authors. Before undertaking any new regime with your llamas, you should always consult with your veterinarian. Only they can tell you what is best for your situation. We invite submission for unpaid articles and photographs. Email to HummingHerald@FigmentRanch.com or mail to: Ruby Herron, c/o Humming Herald,17102 Mueschke Rd., Cypress,Tx., 77433
President’s Statement
Sean Price, President
I wanted to start my letter to you by asking each of you for some help. Our South Central Llama Association, SCLA, is not getting the membership renewals like we need. In order to keep our local SCLA going, we need your support! Please reach out to all of your llama friends even if they are no longer involved with showing, or their kids are grown and out of the house. Remember, membership is only $40.00 which will go a long way to help educate the public and keeps our llama industry thriving. Unless we get this support,
our organization will not be here. One of the benefits of joining the SCLA is helping the llama industry and the llamas! Llamas don’t have a voice for themselves, but they give so much pleasure to people. Please help! Other benefits of membership in SCLA includes the right to run for office, the right to vote, a copy of the Humming Herald, (the SCLA newsletter), the right to use the SCLA obstacle trailer, being updated by email on many of the current events in the llama industry, youth eligibility for the Jim Graham Memorial Scholarship, and access to the SCLA library. I also wanted to make sure that each of you is aware that I am here for you. If you have any concerns or suggestions for SCLA, feel free to contact me. I hope you see you soon. Sean 281-830-2368 sean@figmentranch.com
Editor’s Note Hello everyone. I hope you all had a nice Winter and Spring. Summer is upon us so I am sure you all have your llamas shorn or have scheduled for it! If you need help, please visit the SCLA website, www.scla.us, for a list of shearers. There is a lot of information inside this edition about fiber uses. If you wish to add some, or have some unique ideas for fiber, please send me the info and pictures! I want to personally thank Susan Leslie, Ana Reese and the Wilson County Llama Project for all the help they gave to the Wimberly flood victims. Affected by the flood was a big supporter of the llama community, David Allen, who lives on the ranch he was born on in Kyle, TX (between Wimberley and San Marcos). The Blanco River goes right through the middle of his land and he took the full brunt of the Wimberley flood and the tornado that followed. Please enjoy this Humming Herald, AND please send me any story or pictures you would like to have in here! Blessings, Ruby Editor 713-249-8523 hummingherald@figmentranch.com
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New Members February 5, 2015 - May 18, 2015 Compiled by Karen Conyngham, Membership Secretary. Current member information is always available on the SCLA web site: http://www.scla.us SCLA Address: PO Box 163654, Austin, TX 78716 New Members: Jerry & Molly Bacon, Dylan & Whitney Like We Like It Farm PO Box 671 Lindale, TX 75771-0671 (903) 882-8308 jerrybac@suddenlink.net mollybacon@suddenlink.net Member Contact Updates: New email address: Jim and Mary Nell Doyle jim@marikollamas.com; marynell@marikollamas.com Bill Feick feickb@yahoo.com
Dates Ahead September 19–20, 2015 Camelid Community Jamboree Targets New Owners Pierce County Fairgrounds Ellsworth, Wisconsin Camelid Community’s “Fiber as Business” conference in Wooster, Ohio, in August created a great deal of excitement and enthusiasm about the potential for camelid fiber to generate income for alpaca and llama owners. That income potential is not limited simply to selling fiber and fiber products. A profitable camelid fiber industry would add value to our animals and make them more attractive to new owners, demonstrating why we raise camelids and what we can do with them—and we must have new owners if we are to succeed as an industry. Just as the “Fiber as Business” conference was designed to provide a format and template for similar fiber conferences to be held in other parts of the country, Camelid Community has developed what we feel is the next step needed to grow our industry, an educational camelid jamboree designed to attract and educate the potential new owners who will insure that our industry’s future is a bright and strong one. The Camelid Community Jamboree also is designed to provide a template for use in future locations. Additional details will be forthcoming, and updates will be posted on Camelid Community’s website http://www.camelidcommunity.us. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 3-4 2015 State Fair of Texas Llama Show Deadline September 1,2015 www.BIGTEX.com ----------------------------------------------------------
October 22-24, 2015
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1279 E 85th St. N, Kansas Pavilions Park City, KS 67147 Judge: Bill Feick,Margaret Henry,Hank Kauffman Other Judges: Deb Yeagle-Fleece/Alpaca Halter
Glenna Overmiller Superintendent twincreekllamas@yahoo.com 785-346-4365 Show Contact: ALSA Office Show Info: http://www.alsashow.org
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Llamas Help Wimberley, Texas Flood Victims.
WIMBERLEY, Texas -- Help comes in all forms and fashions, and in Wimberley this weekend, it came via llamas. Susan Leslie and the Wilson County Llama Project are bringing their llamas from home to home helping
deliver supplies and smiles to people off Hashke Road. The street was cut off after Fischer Store Road Bridge collapsed during the heavy flooding two weeks ago. The llamas can carry packs full of food and cleaning supplies up to 100 pounds. Not only are these animals spreading smiles -- they are also playing a part in the clean-up. Sunday, KVUE went along as the llamas brought supplies to homeowner Clay Hoblit. Hoblit’s home was flooded with water but his family made it out safely. Now, they’re cleaning up and trying to figure out what can be saved. 8
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“I ran out of Cheetos, this is perfect, and I’ll take some lime too,” he told volunteers, laughing. Check out this story on KVUE.com:
http://kvue.tv/1Iy8OWc
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Ana and I were back in Wimberly today, this time to shear llamas. Much of their pasture land had been under water, they were still scared, you could tell.
We had the opportunity to get a tour of the Blanco River and see what the floods have done at shore line. Seeing a child’s swing set hanging 30 feet up in the trees, metal roofs twisted and wrapped around trees. Wish there was more we could do to help these families.
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Thanks to Susan Leslie and the Wilson County Llama Project for helping the Wimberly flood victims. 12
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My Life With Llamas Artist, Sandy Sgrillo, was born in Waterbury, CT. and raised in Thomaston, CT. At age 11, she and her family relocated to Lakeland, FL where she attended high school, and then to Miami, where she attended Miami-Dade College of Graphic Arts. She graduated and majored in computer graphics, desktop publishing and photography. Stained glass was one of her hobbies and interests, but has now developed into a career. Her diverse list of past careers includes stage performer, dancer and set/costume designer of her own families' live entertainment show called "Somethin' Funky". She also was able to meet and work with many celebrities as a professional Limousine Chauffeur in Miami for 10 years.
Sandy has been designing and creating stained glass windows and wall hangings for over 25 years. Her work is very unique and creative‌�I like using many mediums like natural stones, sliced agates, glass nuggets, copper metals and glass beads�, Sandy admits. Although her specialty is animals, like llamas, cats and dogs, and beautiful nature scenes, there are classic Victorian style windows and also very different abstract windows.
In 1998, Sandy re-located to the spectacular Smoky Mountains, where she opened another unique business, "Smoky Mountain Llama Treks", where she offered llama treks and nature hikes on scenic mountain trails for tourists and locals. She sold the business after 11 years of wonderful hiking with her herd of 14 pack llamas.
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What makes her work stand out are the color choices, the designs and the variety of substance in her windows. One of the special projects Sandy does are her photo windows…she can permanently insert ANY photo into a stained glass window(behind clear glass). Some of her suggestions are wedding photos, baby photos, kids and grandkids and especially popular are the pet photos. Sandy does many “Memorial Windows” for those special lost pets and show llamas.
Sandy Sgrillo 1839 Creek Hollow, Sevierville, Tn. 37876 www.peacebypiece.vpweb.com llamahiking@aol.com glassartist@hughes.net 865-430-2101(studio) 865-428-6042(home)
Sandy accepts custom orders for your special hard-to-fit windows, doors and transoms.
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Local SCLA Youth Win The 2015 ALSA Youth Scholarship
Congratulations to Darby Jones of Stockdale, Texas and Cody Carroll of Corsicana, Texas. They will each receive $500.00
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Miss Z Llama Snakebite by Sharon Bramblett
Day 1 May 21, 2015 While Claud was raking llamas beans about 3:15 pm, Miss Z, a 13 year old, 266 lb mini llama, approached him. He saw blood dripping from a hole in her swollen upper left lip. It was a rattlesnake bite. Claud and Maya, our Great Pyr guard dog, searched the area quickly but found nothing.
to assess swelling. If it continued, then a second vial would be needed – and it was. At 6:00 pm she administered it in two halves as before. She recommended against giving antibiotics because they kill the normal gut flora and fauna that llamas must have. We didn’t want any unnecessary complications. We were to watch for infection, and inform her if Miss Z’s behavior changed or symptoms worsened. Day 2 May 22 We saw some swelling of her uninjured right upper lip, the bitten left upper lip was swollen a little more than yesterday, and swelling extended under her chin and along the left side of her mandible. She had a good appetite; eating hay, pellets, carrots, and horse treats with some difficulty in picking them up with her asymmetrical lips.
I was at a fiber group meeting in Elgin, so Claud phoned a member who informed me about the situation. When I got home at 4:30, Claud told me he had called both our llama vet at Sunset Canyon Veterinary Hospital in Dripping Springs (40 mi away) and Elgin Veterinary Hospital (18 mi away). Neither had anyone available who could administer IV rattlesnake antivenin. In desperation I called our small animal vet, Dr. Bonnie Carter at Manor Veterinary Clinic, for advice or referral to another vet. She offered to give the antivenin injection and she was only five miles away! Claud had already hooked up the trailer to the van, so we took Miss Z and a buddy llama to Dr. Carter. Miss Z was a model patient. She stood unmoving while Dr. Carter felt for a large vein in her neck and slowly administered the first half of the first vial, then the second half of the first vial at 5:00 pm. (I had sheared Miss Z a couple of weeks previously so the veins were relatively easy to locate.) Dr. Carter advised waiting 30 – 60 min
Day 3 May 23 Miss Z’s swelling continued to decrease, her appetite was still good, and she had no other symptoms. Because of an upcoming Memorial Day weekend, I asked Dr. Carter whether we should have antibiotics handy should Miss Z’s lip become infected. She gave us her email address to contact if needed. She asked me to 17
remove the scab from the wound and said it was OK if there was black drainage. I did so, but there was no drainage. Days 4-5 May 24-25 Miss Z’s left upper lip is almost back to normal size and she has no abnormal symptoms. We have not noticed any tissue necrosis, but it may be too early to detect. Summary The antivenin Miss Z was given was manufactured by Ft. Dodge, is in a crystaline form that is difficult to dissolve into
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solution. Dr. Carter is phasing out her use of Ft. Dodge antivenin and prefers a newer form from Boehringer Ingelheim. http://www.drugs.com/ vet/antivenin.html Each Ft. Dodge antivenin vial cost $700. However, compared to our previous experience with a rattlesnake-bitten llama in 2000 when antivenin was not administered (see http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~llama/ snakebite/), the price was worth it in terms of reduced llama stress, short recovery time, and our peace of mind.
How we sold 180 Llama Rugs in 8 months. This story begins at Figment Ranch Llamas in Cypress Texas and what we did with a barn full of shorn llama fiber. Our llama wool had been stored for years with the best of intentions to make some llama rugs for the house. We had always bought llama rugs from other people and we decided we wanted to make some rugs from OUR llama wool! The problem was we always had an excuse why we could not take it to Paint Rock Texas where the fiber mill was. It was one of those “going to do things”. Sean, one of the Figment Ranch partners, was cleaning out the barn and came up to the house and informed us he was going to trash all the bags of fiber unless we did something. We both had an idea! Since we were going on a road trip to New Mexico in July 2014, we agreed to pull a trailer and drop the fiber off in Paint Rock and get a hall runner made for the house and maybe a rug or two. We dropped the off the bags of fiber at Ingrid’s Hand-Woven Rugs in Paint Rock, Texas and the manager, Reinhard, said he would let us know how much fiber we had and then we could decide exactly on what we wanted to make. In a couple of weeks we got a call from Reinhard and he told us that we had 2,400 pounds of llama wool which equated to about $18,000.00 in finished rugs. Wow! We took a big breath and told him to hold off on making anything just yet. We wanted to talk it over and decide what we wanted to do. Having never sold llama rugs before and the fact that $18,000.00 was a lot of money to spend, we needed a plan! Would that many llama rugs sell? Would people buy them? Would we get stuck with a closet full of llama rugs?
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Ranch partner, and the Executive Secretary of ALSA, was extremely busy, so we just put our rug decision on the back burner. At the ALSA Grand National Show I had time to visit with people that had made and sold llama rugs. Most of them sold the rugs but said it took them a very long time to sell. They all suggested not to buy any big ones because they sell really, really slow. After some deliberation we decided to get fifty rugs, mostly the smaller 2’x3’ rugs with just a few 4’x6’ rugs just to see what would happen. We figured over a period of time that if we could sell all fifty, we would then decide what to do with the rest of the fiber. On November 20, 2014 we picked up the 50 rugs at Ingrid’s. We also made arrangements to go to the Tomball Farmers Market that following Saturday to try and sell some rugs. Sean fixed our small trailer to carry and display our rugs so people could enjoy the “touchy feely” aspect of all the rugs. All we had to do was pull up to our spot, pull the trailer ramp down, put up our tent and “viola” we would have an instant rug store.
It has been an unbelievable success. Figment Ranch Llamas has been in the llama business for almost thirty years and if someone had told us we would be selling rugs, we would have told them they were crazy. We are known primarily for our Performance Champion Llamas. To date we have sold over 180 rugs and we just picked up another order of 60 rugs. 20
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We are at the Tomball Farmers Market every Saturday from 9am until 1pm. To be a success you cannot just have rugs made, put them in a closet and expect people to come and buy them. We have missed a few Saturdays because of low inventory or we had to go out of town but we try not to! Consistency is so important in sales. People are used to us being there and come back over and over to get their “potato chip rugs” as we call the llama rugs! (You can just have one!) We also found that we have sold a couple off our web site. People have no idea about a llama rug until they see them, touch them, smell them, and see how they are made. They have no idea what a beautiful, natural and sturdy rug they are. They are amazed at how easy they are to care for, and that they are pet friendly too! We have lots of repeat business and customers are constantly referring us to their friends. Some of our
customers have bought as many as eight rugs. Surprisingly we also sell the larger rugs. Our runners, 2’x 6’, 2’x8’, and 2’x10’ are also very popular. Just for a trial we got four saddle blankets made from llama fiber the last time we picked up our order and have already sold two of them. We will probably be ordering more.
It just goes to show you that you learn something new every day and that you should never under estimate the value of llamas. Ruby Herron Figment Ranch
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Llamas And Pet Partners
Published by the International Lama Registry
for therapy work because of their unpredictable behaviors; Llamas who cannot be trusted 100% to be predictable in their behavior shouldn't be used; Llamas who do not have control of their potty habits cannot be registered. There are no diapers approved for therapy work. Pet Partners has recently highlighted the work of JNK Llama Farm in Bellingham, Washington and one of the youth handlers there. Llamas can make fabulous therapy animals if selected properly. Pet Partners http:// petpartners.org/ is a national animal therapy organization that evaluates and registers therapy animals. Dogs and cats are the most commonly registered therapy animal, but rabbits, rats, horses, goats, alpacas and llamas can be registered too! In 2009, Niki Kuklenski re-wrote the evaluation guidelines for Pet Partners to make them more applicable to llamas/alpacas instead of dogs! She has not only been through the evaluator training, but has had registered therapy llamas since 2006. Currently, she has five registered for therapy work. Some of the changes included: Having to back because of the small quarters and inabilÂŹity for most llamas to turn around in rooms; Accepting petting all over the body, upper legs and near the tail area; Having the ability to safely visit clients is imperative. One wrong move from a llama could seriously hurt someone you are intending to provide therapy to. Several things should be considered: Llamas under age 2 should never be on a visit. Taking a baby on a visit is like expecting a toddler to behave. They are too unpredictable most of the time; Bottle fed llamas should not be utilized 22
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Niki Kuklenski’s the therapy llama Cayetano eliacits a smile from Seth and Margaret Jane Gerou in Bellevue, WA, photo by Dani Weiss
They have also focused on another Washington state teen team. On October 24th Niki Kuklenski and Drew Hartley with their two Complex registered therapy llamas, NH Flight of the Eagle (aka Flight) and JNK Normandie's Gevalia (aka Gevalia) were all invited to Pet Partner's headquarters in Bellevue,
Washington. The purÂŹpose of this trip was to present to the staff and board of directors about the process to train and utilize a llama for therapy work. Drew Hartley, who is a current 4-H member and ILR-SD Youth member, presented his 4-H public presentation on "Selecting, training,
various attendees. Drew, who had turned 16 the day prior, was complimented by several of the members of the audience on his maturity and ability to present. The CEO of Pet Partners is using a picture of herself hugging Flight as one of her Facebook profile pictures now. Recently, the CEO of Pet Partners released her year end summation video with her viÂŹsion for 2015 for the organization. In her video she featured two pictures of Marisco (owned by JNK Llamas) who is a Complex rated therapy llama and ILR-SD/ALSA Halter Champion. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=3kM9Upgi66U&feature=y outube The most recent issue of Pet Partner's national magazine Interactions, featured a picture of JNK Cayetano (owned by JNK Llama Farm). A young classic male who is Complex rated for therapy work and owned by JNK Llamas. http://petpartners.org/document.doc?id=1572. In the Summer of 2014 Kaylee Davidson and her 4-H llama, Comet, were prominently featured on the cover of Interactions with a nice article on her team and Niki Kuklenski. http:// petpartners.org/document.doc?=1572.
photo by Dani Weiss
evaluating and registering a Therapy Llama". Niki and Drew answered many questions about llamas, therapy work with them and how to handle the public and llamas safely. Both llamas were taken up a flight of stairs to the boardroom prior to meet and greet a group of about 30 enthusiastic animal lovers. Both girls handed out kisses and stood quietly for interactions with the
Therapy work with llamas can be very rewarding and provide a lot of comfort and positive public relations on llamas. Individuals interested in learning more about the process of being evaluated or training a llama/alpaca for therapy work may contact Niki Kuklenski (jnkllamas@nas.com) directly or Pet Partners. Drew Hartley (outofbounds77@gmail.com) is happy to answer questions that potential youth teams may have. Reprinted from Llama Living, March 2015 issue and from the Missouri Llama Assoc. Newsletter, March 2015. 23
White Rose Ranch Llamas
Grandview, TX bbbs@swbell.net (817)343-7072
Jan and Rebekah White
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“Tons of fun at the ALSA Advanced and Beginner judging clinic.�
Thank you Hank Kauffman for being a fabulous instructor. !! Thanks to Jens Rudibaugh , Lauren Wright, Ana Reese, Harvey Poole, Terry White, Kathie Schatz, Leigh Snyder for attending the clinic.
A special thanks to the members of the Freedom Riders 4h club for helping out at the clinic as handlers . !! 25
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Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic llama and alpaca show
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The Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic was a huge success! The kids did awesome ! Could not be more proud I how well everyone of them did today! Thank you to Bart Priest and Lisa Dunks Priest for opening up your ranch and arena for us! Thank you to all the parents, you are awesome ! Special thanks to Nicholas Hauptly for all the time you spent with the kids! You are awesome! Susan Leslie
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Showmanship Results Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic Class Name
Youth Name
2015
Show number
llama name
ALSA #
Placing
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87
Gulf Stream Luminosity Ted Poker Face Huckelberry Vinegarette Storme Wheatfield's Acer Louie Storme Rocky Chocolate Duke Rocky Chocolate Duke Marbles Duke
Y8658 Y8991
1 2 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1
1. Sr. Showmanship
Tiffany Anderson Megan Fox Special Needs Showmanship Dylan Jones Int. Showmanship 3. Tanner White Michael Anderson Madison Budde Kaily Zigmond Jr. Showmanship 4. Zoe Rutledge Carly Weiss Sub Junior Showman 5. Bryson Andruss Sr. Alpaca Showmanship 6. Megan Fox Tiffany Anderson Int. Alpaca Showmanship 7. Michael Anderson Tanner White Jr. Alpaca Showmanship 8. Carly Weiss Sub Jr. Alpaca Showmanship 9Bryson Andruss
Y8530 Y8659 Y8848 Y8990 Y8587 Y8973 na Y8991 Y8658 Y8659 Y8659 Y8973
1
Pack Rusults Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic Class Name
Youth Name
Show number
Sr. Pack 10
Tiffany Anderson
llama name
ALSA #
Placing
72
vinegarette
Y8658
1
Megan Fox
73
Louie
Y8991
2
Tiffany Anderson
83
Duke
Y8658
1
Megan Fox
82
Rocky Chocolate
Y8991
2
Spec. Needs Pack 12.
Dylan Jones
74
Ted
Int. Pack 13
Michael Anderson
76
Huckelberry
Y8659
1
Madison Budde
77
Vinegarette
Y8848
4
Tanner White
75
Lil Scott
Y8530
2
Kaily Zigmond
78
Storme
Y8990
3
Tanner White
85
Duke
Y8530
2
Michael Anderson
84
Rocky Chocolate
Y8659
1
Carly Weiss
80
Louie
Y8973
2
Zoe Rutledge
79
Wheatfield's Acer
Y8587
1
Carly Weiss
86
Marbles
Y8973
1
Sr. Alpaca Pack 11.
Intermediate Alpaca Pack 14 Junior Pack 15 Junior Alpaca Pack 16
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Obstacle Results Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic Class Name
Youth Name
Show number
Sr. Obstacle 17
Tiffany Anderson Megan Fox
Sr. Alpaca Obstacle 18
2015 llama name
ALSA #
Placing
72
Cters Vinegarette
Y8658
1
73
Louie
Y8991
2
Tiffany Anderson
83
Duke
Y8658
2
Y8991
Megan Fox
82
Rocky Chocolate
Special Needs Obstacle 19
Dylan Jones
74
Ted
Int. Obstacle 20.
Michael Anderson
76
Huckelberry
Y8659
1
Madison Budde
77
Vinegarette
Y8848
3
Kaily Zigmond
78
Storme
Y8990
4
Tanner White
75
Lil Scott
Y8530
2
Michael Anderson
84
Rocky Chocolate
Y8659
1
Tanner White
85
Duke
Y8530
2
Carly Weiss
80
Louie
Y8973
2 1
Intermediate Alpaca Obstacle 21. Jr. Obstacle 22.
1 1
Zoe Rutledge
79
Wheatfields Acer
Y8587
Jr. Alpaca Obstacle 23
Carly Weiss
86
Marbles
Y8973
1
Sub Jr. Obstacle 24
Bryson Andruss
81
Forest
n/a
1
Sub Jr,alpaca Obstacle 25
Bryson Andruss
87
Duke
n/a
1
Public Relations Results Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic Class Name
Youth Name
Show number
Sr. Public Relations 26.
Tiffany Anderson
2015 llama name
ALSA #
Placing
72
Vinegarette
Y8658
1
Megan Fox
73
Luminosity
Y8991
2
Tiffany Anderson
83
Duke
Y8658
1
Megan Fox
82
Rocky Chocolate
Y8991
2
Special Needs Pub. Relations 28
Dylan Jones
74
Ted
Int. Public Relations 29
Michael Anderson
76
Huckelberry
Y8659
1
Madison Budde
77
Vinegarette
Y8848
3
Kaily Zigmond
78
Storme
Y8990
4
Tanner White
75
Lil Scott
Y8530
2
Tanner White
85
Duke
Y8530
1
Michael Anderson
84
Rocky Chocolate
Y8659
2
Carly Weiss
80
Louie
Y8973
2
Sr. Alpaca Pub Relations 27
Intermed. Alpaca Pub. R 30 Junior Pub. Relations 31
1
Zoe Rutledge
79
Wheatfields Acer
Y8587
1
Junior Alpaca PR 32
Carly Weiss
86
Marbles
Y8973
1
Sub Jr. Public Relations 33.
Bryson Andruss
81
Forest
Sub Jr. Alpaca Public Relations 34 Bryson Andruss
87
Duke
1 n/a
1
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Judging Results Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic
2015
Class Name
Youth Name
Show number
llama name
ALSA #
Placing
Sr. Judging 35
Tiffany Anderson
72
Vinegarette
Y8658
1
Megan Fox
73
Louie
Y8991
2
Michael Anderson
76
Huckleberry
Y8659
2
Madison Budde
77
Vinegarette
Y8848
4
Kaily Zigmond
78
Storme
Y8990
3
Tanner White
75
Lil Scott
Y8530
1
Carly Weiss
80
Louie
Y8973
2
Zoe Rutledge
79
Wheatfields Acer
Y8587
1
Int. Judging 36
Junior Judging 37
Champions Texas Bluebonnet Youth Classic Class Name
Youth Name
Show number
38. Sr. Grand Champion
tiffany anderson
72
y8658
39. Sr. performance Reserve
Megan fox
73
y8991
40. Sr. Alpaca Champion
tiffany anderson
72
y8658
41. Sr. Alpaca Reserve
megan fox
73
y8991
42, special needs champion
dylan jones
74
llama name
ALSA #
43. Interm Grand Champion
michael anderson
76
y8659
44. Interm Reserve champion
tanner white
75
y8530
45. Inter Alpaca Grand
michael anderson
84
y8659
46 Inter. Alpaca Reserve
tanner white
85
y8530
47 Jr. Grand Champion
zoe rutledge
79
y8587
48. Jr. Perf Reserve
carly weiss
80
y8973
49. Jr, Alpaca Grand
carly weiss
86
y8973
bryson andruss
81
bryson andruss
87
50. Jr. Alpaca Reserve 51. Sub Jr Grand 52. Sub Jr reserve 53. Sub Jr alpaca grand 54. Sub jr alpaca reserve
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T E X A S
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E N V I R O N M E N T A L
Q U A L I T Y
Disposal of Domestic or Exotic
Livestock Carcasses
RG-419, PDF version (revised 3/05)
This document is a summary of suggested guide lines from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas Animal Health Com mission (TAHC) for disposal of farm or ranch animals. This document does not explain requirements that apply to veterinarians or commercial chicken or duck operations. For information about chicken or duck carcass disposal, see TCEQ publication RG-326, How to Dispose of Carcasses from Commercial Chicken or Duck Operations. For rules that apply to veterinarians disposing of car casses, refer to Title 30 Texas Administrative Code (30 TAC) Section 111.209(3). By planning in advance how you will dispose of car casses, your facility will be better prepared to deal with environmental and health issues. Emergency cases may be handled differently. Contact your re gional TCEQ office in the event of an emergency.
Why is disposal of carcasses regulated?
On-farm disposal of dead animals should always be done in a manner that protects public health and safety, does not create a nuisance, prevents the spread of disease, and prevents adverse effects on water quality.
Who is responsible for making sure the carcasses are properly disposed of?
The owner or operator of the farm or facility is respon sible for disposal in a timely and sanitary manner. Please be aware that under 30 TAC Section 335.4 this means there can be no discharge into or adjacent to waters in the state. There can be no creation or maintenance of a nuisance and there can be no endangerment of public health and welfare.
How soon must they be disposed of?
TAHC rules require that animals that die from a disease recognized as communicable by the veterinary profession must be disposed of within 24 hours by burial or burning. Animals dying from anthrax or ornithosis must be killed, then burned on-site within 24 hours.
How can I dispose of the carcasses?
There are several options including on-site burial, composting, or sending the carcass to a municipal solid waste landfill, renderer, or commercial waste incinerator. TCEQ rules allow animals to be burned when burning is the most effective means to control the spread of a communi cable disease. The animal must be burned until the carcass is thoroughly consumed. The cover requirements described in 30 TAC Chapter 330, Section 136(b)(2) should be adequate for burial of farm and ranch animals in most cases. Some diseases are reportable, and you are required to contact the TAHC at 1-800-550-8242 prior to disposing of animals with these diseases. TAHC can also provide a list of reportable animal diseases.
Where can I bury?
If you decide to bury the animal, the burial site should not be located in an area with a high water table or with very permeable soils. The TCEQ suggests that animals be buried far enough from standing, flowing, or ground water to prevent contamination of these waters, and in an area not likely to be disturbed in the near future.
Suggested Setbacks for Burial
■ Drinking water wells - At least 300 feet from the nearest drinking water well. ■ Surface water - At least 300 feet from the nearest creek, stream, pond, lake, or river, and not in a floodplain. ■ Neighbors - At least 200 feet from adjacent property lines.
Where can I burn?
When burning, do not do so in an area where a nuisance or traffic hazard would be created.
Suggested TCEQ Setbacks for Burning
■ Adjacent properties - Downwind of, or at least 300 feet (90 meters) from, occupied structures. ■ Weather conditions - If possible, burn during the day when the wind speed is > 6 mph or < 23 mph. Monitor the fire, and complete the burn the same day.
Notification Requirements
Notify the TCEQ by letter if you expect to bury animal carcasses on your farm. Your letter should contain your full
The TCEQ is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The agency does not allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or veteran status.
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name and address, the type of animals, and a short descrip tion of the locations on your farm where the carcasses will be buried. Information on the anticipated capacity of the burial areas as well as the use of daily and/or final cover should be included, and a map showing the general location of the area would be useful. This letter will be considered as your compliance with 30 TAC Section 335.6 and will be acknowledged by the TCEQ. Mail your notification to the address listed under the “Additional Information” section of this document. Once you notify us, do not send additional letters. However, if you have more than 10 animals die at one time, it is recommended that you contact the TCEQ regional office near you since multiple mortalities are handled on a case-by case basis. If the location of burial changes, or if additional burial areas are used, then an updated Section 335.6 notifica tion should be provided.
Disclaimer
This document is intended as guidance to identify the requirements for the disposal of animal carcasses; it does not supersede or replace any state or federal law, regulation, or rule. It is the responsibility of the owner to be knowledge able and to remain abreast of guideline or regulation developments. Please refer to the “Additional Information” and “Recommended References” sections for more specific information.
Additional Information Rules regarding carcass disposal: Rules that are directly related to carcass disposal are in 30 TAC Chapters 335 and 111 including Sections 335.4 – 335.6, which deal with general waste disposal requirements, and 111.209(2) “Exception for Disposal Fires” Rules for poultry disposal: 30 TAC Chapter 335—including Section 335.6, “Notification Requirements,” and especially Section 335.25, “Handling, Storing, Processing, Transporting, and Disposing of Poultry Carcasses” Disposal rules that apply to veterinarians: 30 TAC Section 111.209(3) Water quality rules for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs): 30 TAC Chapter 321, Subchapter B; For composting operations: 30 TAC Chapter 332; For municipal solid waste (landfills): 30 TAC Chapter 330 Nuisance Rules, General Rules: 30 TAC Chapter 101 Section 4 and CAFO Rules: 30 TAC Subchapter B Section 321.31 Public Health Rules: Sections 81.081-81.086 of the Texas Health and Safety Code Texas Animal Health Commission: Texas Agriculture Code Chapters, 161 to 168. Contact: 1-800-550-8242 prior to
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disposing of diseased animals. TAHC also can provide a list of reportable animal diseases. Notification for onsite burial of carcasses: Industrial and Hazardous Waste Permits Section, MC-130, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 ; Phone: 512/239-6595 Fax: 512/239-6383. It is recommended you contact your TCEQ Regional Office if you have more than 10 animals die at one time and you plan to dispose of them on-site. TCEQ Rules: Rules and publications are available at www.tceq.state.tx.us or 512/239-0028 TAHC Rules: Rules and publications are available at www.tahc.state.tx.us
Recommended References How to Dispose of Carcasses from Commercial Chicken or Duck
Operations (TCEQ RG-326; April 2000) explains carcass
disposal rules and options for anyone who hatches, raises, or
keeps chickens or ducks for profit.
Catastrophic Animal Mortality Management (Burial Method),
Technical Guidance, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board,
February 11, 2002
NRCS TX Conservation Practice Standards: Code 316 Animal Mortality Management
OSHA Construction rules: www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_toc/
OSHA_Std_toc_1926.html
OSHA Excavation Rules: www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_toc/
OSHA_Std_toc_1926_SUBPART_P.html
Title 2, Texas Water Code, Chapter 26,
Subchapter H, Poultry Operations: www.capitol.state.tx.us/
statutes/statutes.html
Senate Bill 1339, and House Bill 3355 (77th Legislature, 2001):
www.lrl.state.tx.us/isaf/lrlhome.cfm
Texas Occupations Code, §801.361, Disposal of Animal
Remains (78th Legislature, 2003):
www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/oc.toc.htm
CALL BEFORE
YOU DIG
Call 1-800-344-8377 to make sure you will not accidentally hit a gas or utility line on your property when digging a hole to bury animal carcasses.
Barn Yarns No. 8
Looking Ahead for Safety
reasons. Woven wire, the type often used on sheep farms where we place many guard llamas, can present a special problem. The squares are in graduated sizes starting at 4"x4" at the bottom to
By Marc Page
Today's column is about safety around the farm for both animals and people. First let us talk about insurance. I have spoken to many farmers who were unaware that their home owner's insurance policy does not cover their livestock or farm activities. In fact your insurance company may drop you as a customer if they find out you have livestock. When there is a problem necessitating a claim is not the best time to find this out. Farm insurance policies can cover everything from livestock mortality, farm equipment, barn structure replacement and farm accidents. Liability insurance is important for injuries to the public that might occur when people visit your farm or when we bring our animals to an event off the farm. Without the proper policy, if an injury occurs to anyone visiting you farm (an example would be a child getting kicked by your llama), you could lose your entire farm if a liability suit were to be filed. Beyond making sure you have the proper insurance, there is much one can do to avoid harmful issues in the first place. There are always many accidents waiting to happen. Our job is to observe and address potential problems before they cause trouble. What follows is but a short list of potential problems. Fencing: We often say the only fence that is not suitable for llamas is barbed wire for obvious
8"x8" at top. The danger arises when llamas push their face through to get the always greener grass on the other side. Once the ears go through they are stuck. I once rescued such an animal that had obviously been there for hours as her fiber was felted to the wire. If your fence boards are nailed to posts, know that over time llamas rubbing against the fence will cause the nails to loosen and back out. It is common practice to place wooden fence boards on the inside of the posts so they are not pushed off by animals rubbing against them. This can pose a danger to the next llama that wants to scratch along the fence. Every so often walk the fence line with a hammer to make sure you have no exposed nails. You might also try using a galvanized screw in each board so that nails are not the issue. In an emergency, green panels make great fence repairs. I try to walk my fence line at least weekly, especially in the growing season or after a storm. keep an eye out for poison plants, While walking 37
the fence line, I downed branches or branches overhanging my fences or pasture. Barns and Sheds: All glass, that is accessible to the animals should be replaced with Plexiglas and then covered with chicken wire. All power outlets should be of the ground fault type which means they will trip if they become wet. Hay mangers are fine, however never use net bags
while you blow it clean, using a Circuiteer or a leaf blower; and don't forget to wear a mask while doing this. which are often used for horses, as llamas can and will get their heads stuck in the net while accessing food. Don't overlook the barn fans. They work hard and dirt, dust and cobwebs can build up fast. This can cause them to overheat. This is the second cause of barn fires, right after using heat lamps for baby chicks. Run the fan at low speed
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There are many other hazards, some that may be specific to only your farm. We have [in Mass.] giant snapping turtles, gopher holes, rabid raccoons, poisonous plants, hunters, deer, moose and coyotes just to mention a few. I hope these few examples will motivate you to look around with a fresh eye towards safety. Reprinted from The GALA Newsletter, newsletter of the Greater Appalachian Llama & Alpaca Assoc., vol. 30, #1, February 2015.
Camelid Community www.camelidcommunity.us Latest Update on the Camelid Jamboree! Complete registration information on September’s Camelid Jamboree is now up on the website at www.camelidcommunity.us. You can register as a vendor, exhibitor and for a campsite all on the same form and can pay either by check (download and print out the form) or through PayPal. Hotel information also is available on the website, and a list of presenters and topics will be up soon. We want to continue to thank the sponsors for our first ever Camelid Community Jamboree that will be held Sept. 19-20, 2015, at the Pierce County Fairgrounds in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. They include Alpaca Owners Association (AOA), International Lama Registry (ILR), International Camelid Institute (ICI), Midwest Lama Association (MWLA), Greater Appalachian Llama & Alpaca Association (GALA), Southern States Llama Association (SSLA), Michigan Lama Association (MLA) and Ohio River Valley Llama Association (ORVLA). We are delighted to have them involved with our Jamboree debut. Target Audience—Young families and newly retired couples living on small acreages are the primary target for the Camelid Jamboree. They and others who are looking for family friendly, easy to care for animals that can generate an income flow are the main focus for our event, which is ideally located to draw people from a wide area in both Minnesota and Wisconsin and near enough to the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area to draw fiber enthusiasts. Content—The Jamboree will include a series of short presentations, around 45 minutes or so, that will be repeated mornings and afternoons on both days so that people have the opportunity to attend all or most of the sessions no matter when they arrive. Topics will include camelid healthcare, nutrition, housing, training and handling, camelid 4-H projects, packing, cart driving, animal assisted therapy, fiber both on and off the animal and the business end of fiber. There will also be opportunities for hands on experiences with alpacas and llamas for both adults and youth, including animal walks and obstacle courses. Attendees can leave the jamboree with all the relevant information needed to start their camelid adventure, and they will have made contacts with current owners who can be called upon for mentoring. Vendors will offer a wide range of fiber and fiber products for sale as well as other camelid related items. In addition to providing a good marketing opportunity for the vendors, it also demonstrates to potential new camelid owners what they can do to generate an income flow from their animals. Exhibitors may have llamas and alpacas on display or for sale, and camelid organizations may have booths and displays to educate both current and future camelid owners as well as the general public. In addition, this will be an attractive venue for fiber mills, pools and cooperatives (we already have commitments from several!) as well as livestock related businesses—trailer manufacturers, feed suppliers, producers of farm buildings and equipment, etc. Local food vendors will provide meal and snack items for purchase. If you or your organization is interested in becoming a sponsor for the Camelid Jamboree, or if you are interested in vendor or exhibitor information, please check the Camelid Community website www.camelidcommunity.us for details, or contact Sheila Fugina (bsfugina@frontier.com) or Barb Baker (bebaker@earthlink.net). 39
ABS: A Preventable Condition By Marc Page, Sputtermill Ranch Llamas, Petersham, MA
Explaining Camelid Behavior to the Uninformed
It is unfortunate when medically necessary bottle feeding of a male goes wrong, as it sometimes will, even when done properly and with the utmost care. But it is unforgivable when young llamas are purposely raised to be overly friendly as a marketing concept. Friendliness is not a trait I observe in any of the llamas I have worked with, ever. (This is not to say that llamas do not seem to enjoy some of the contact and interaction with their two legged companions. Once the halter and lead are attached they will do just as we have trained them to do). Yet friendliness is often a large part of the advertising package. Perhaps it is being mistaken for a curious llama, a llama that is easy to approach or maybe a mellow llama that has a healthy relationship with people. More often than not, what is meant by friendly is an animal that comes running right up to you snorts a greeting into your face and then never leaves your side for the rest of the pasture tour, often walking in front of you causing you to alter your gait, so as not to fall over him or her. While this animal is not berserk, it is certainly unmannered and does not have proper respect for its owner. This is the llama that the uneducated buying public is easily emotionÂŹally attracted to. It is here that some producers take unfair advantage of their customer's ignorance. Only after the new owner lives with the new llama for awhile do they realize how annoying this behavior is becoming. Every time you turn around there he is. There are many more dangerous behaviors than the shadow llama that constantly invades your space. These llamas are everywhere. Because some breeder thought friendly llamas would sell well, why not just substitute over desensitizing for real training. The animal will be real cute and cuddly when young, and a real handful later, but then we can claim innocence by maybe blaming the new owner for creating the problem. My practice involves training and shearing. I come in contact with many llamas each year. I run training clinics at our ranch were people always bring their most problematic llamas. I specialize in evaluating and correcting aberrant behavior. When I arrive at a customer's farm to train or sheer it always amazes me that people accept some of the most dangerous and obnoxious acting out by their animals. Many seem to think that this is the nature of the beast. The places that sold these untrained llamas did not have the decency to at the very least tell them where to find the help they would need. Owners get tired of the struggle of haltering so eventually the halter goes on and it stays on. What fun is a pack animal that does not know how to lead? Again the owner accepts getting dragged around as just the way llamas are. I know that when I arrive at a farm for training, and I see that orange glow rising from the dung pile, that I have my work cut out for me. Some people can't seem to go out into the pasture without a big basket of carÂŹrots. If the farm is having company, well what the heck let us have carrots for everybody! Let's just chum those little crias in and show everyone how friendly they are. The only problem is that these little guys are going to get sold someday. This leads me to my favorite pet peeve. HAND FEEDING IS THE SINGLE PREVENTABLE CAUSE FOR UNWANTED BEHAVIOR. Why would anyone with a basic understanding of camelid nature want 40
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to introduce themselves into the hierarchy of the herd at any number less than number one? Llamas do not offer food to each other, llamas do not share, llamas do not say" Oh you got here first just go ahead and eat, I'll eat later". It seems like such a little thing, but make no mistake about it; it's a big deal to the llama. How is it that the alpaca industry totally ignores this concept? With all the money they have invested in television ads, they feature young children chumming young alpacas across the field. Is it any surprise that people watch the commercial, start their alpaca farm, hand feed and fuss over the boys and are then surprised when they grow up and start pushing back? So few alpacas are trained because they are so small and heck we can take them. Many owners just strong-arm them into submission. If we really need to do anything to them we can always strap them to a table. I truly admire those folks who take the time to train their alpacas. I have always thought that our industry would remain pious, because we were all about education, as well as the love of animals. I worry about things like not telling a customer about shots, deworming, meningeal worm prevention, fighting teeth, how toes will need to be trimmed and leveling with them about all the aspects of their new responsibility all because it might have a negative outcome on a sale. It seems that even with all of the information available, we are still creating dangerous llamas at about the same rate as before. If you attended a llama festival 12 years ago you could pretty much be assured that you would receive some good accurate information on breeding, health, and management. However information on behavior and training was usually all over the map. When my wife and I bought our first llamas, we were not given one lick of insight into their behavior or how best to handle them. If we had not met John Mallon during that first frustrating year it is doubtful that we would have llamas today. It is unfortunate that so many folks investigating llama ownership are sold on breeding as opposed to simply owning them as companion animals to be enjoyed. So much useful information has become watered down or even withheld from new owners, in an effort to make the sale. Some farms would be very surprised to discover where there llamas have ended up. I sheared five llamas this summer locally that were born in Texas and have traveled through several different owners and ended up for sale in the local want advertiser. The new owner was totally unprepared for handling intact males and bred females and now has to tell her children to stay out of the pasture because the llamas present a danger to them. A llama does not have to be berserk to be dangerous. Through years of training llamas I have developed that confidence that comes from doing the proper thing and getting positive results. This confidence was shaken the day a large berserk male llama tried his best to kill me. It left a lasting impression, especially when I realized how different the outcome could have been had I been a child. Whether it's called ABS (Aberrant Behavior Syndrome) or OBS (Obnoxious Behavior Syndrome) it's preventable, sometimes caused on purpose, and sadly not a very nice introduction to what we promote as a gentle, companion animal. Reprinted from The Lama Letter, Newsletter of the Pennsylvania Llama & Alpaca Assoc.; vol.20, #2, May 2015. 41
Creating Champions Leslie Lane Llamas
Susan Leslie and Ana Reese LaVernia, Tx 830-401-0819 www.leslielanellamas.com leslielanellamas@gmail.com
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Breeders Thoughts On Showing & Judging......... THE ORIGNAL COMMENT: A thought and something that we were discussing on the bucket of our Kubota the other day....Should there be levels of judging of farms....meaning big breeder/win everything vs small breeder trying to make a name for themselves. I am definitely not attacking or envying anyone.....but feel when some breeders go to a show and win everything....is that really an attraction for new/smaller farms?.....I know for us....we hold our own at big shows, but know that we will never have that “crown”.....and that’s ok because we enjoy the company of llama folks so much more......I know I’m thinking out loud....but it is something that I think is not as positive as it could be......A show is a show is a show....thoughts?
idea for performance and with the different class and experience levels we have done just that. I think a lot of new people (or experienced handlers with new llamas) would get discouraged and not participate if they constantly had to compete against the elites in performance. It allows each llama/handler team to compete with animals who are at the same training level as they are.
• ..... I am a small farm. I own one breeding male and co own two breeding males. Four females and a soon to be gelding. I usually have 2 crias a year, sometimes one. I started in 4h as a youth. Never had more than 10 llamas at one time. I spent a lot of money. When I was 16, instead of buying a car, I bought a breeding male for $7500!!!! **** (born on our farm) was my •.....Although I am not involved in the llama show in- fame, not a total fortune for a “small” guy who births dustry I do have plenty of experience in the show ring. one or two females a year. I have no hopes of having What I have learned is that the winners are always in a big herd of llamas. Point is...I took a gamble entermy barn. They don’t always win in the show ring but I ing **** in the futurity. Did I expect our names to be raise the kind of sheep I can be proud of. I sell lots of called for 1st? Absolutely not...after all I was a small sheep to those who like my type. I stand behind every guy just getting started. I was stunned and will never sale and I am honest about everything. My customers forget winning and walking out of the show ring dropreturn because of this. I consider the shows and sales ping my trophy! It may never happen again, but I’m my family reunions. Don’t get me wrong. ....I love to thankful it did. Now I haven’t shown in nearly two win.....I just don’t focus on that ribbon. years. I’m not sure I agree with the big guys always win. But they either 1) invested a boat load of money • ..... I think that conformation is conformation. If you for their win or 2) have put a lot of time into selective are all going for the same “standards” then you should breeding. Do you have more money or more time? Its all be judged on the same level. I don’t think it would that kind a thing. do any good to say that your animal won an award in halter at a “lower” level. In a way we already have • ..... Since the llama bubble has burst, you may see this as a lot of big name breeders don’t attend all of more of us small breeders. We have to watch our the smaller county fair shows (at least in the midwest) breeding betters as we have fewer crias. I think we so they are usually smaller classes with more local spend more time with our llamas. I could be wrong participants. On the flip side I do think this is a great but I think we do. I don’t plan on getting rich raising 43
llamas. Breaking even would be a blessing. There is a certain reward of being mobbed when I bring a handful of carrots into the llama field. I’m even training another pack llama. This summer we are going packing. He is not a classic llama in fact he is a huge half argentine stud but he is gentle and in his way lovable. • ..... I’m a (very) small breeder, but I still enjoy the challenge of trying to beat the “big guys”. Judging should only be based on conformation, so if my animal places lower than one from a big farm there is a reason for it. It pushes me to be more selective in my own breeding program. And when my animal beats theirs it makes me really proud! As **** said, the big breeders who win have invested either a lot of time or a lot of money to get where they are, they should also be proud of what they’ve accomplished with their herds. • ..... Not everybody has a lot of money to spend on a big herd. I believe conformation is number one,not who you know or how much money you have. Judge the animal not the owner. • ..... Also a small ranch. Conformation is key. Still see occasional judging where ribbons are based on the wrong end of the lead rope or on personal biases i.e. height. A llama doesn’t have to be as tall as a giraffe to have correct conformation (although some have both). I get great satisfaction sticking to showing the same llamas & knowing that most have been born on my ranch gives me much pride. Don’t always win but don’t have to. • ..... It is like that in all livestock shows. The difference between having a hundred animals to chose your show string from or showing the only two you have. We do the best we can to live the dream. • ..... We have 3 female and 3 males maybe $1000.00 invested but outstanding blood lines. 44
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• ..... We are a small breeder (30 now, and at one time 65) but told ourselves a long time ago that we are not going to grow our herd to 100 or 200 for control and herd management reasons. We will be selective in our purchases and buy from these larger breeders that are the biggest supporters of the llama industry. While I think **** has a very good question but the larger breeders are what give me the incentive to win in the show ring. I truly believe the small breeder can produce champion llamas. • ..... Not sure that the number of animals in your herd defines you as a big breeder rather I would say it does not, there are plenty of people with herds of 30 animals or less that I would consider “big breeders” , and there are plenty of farms with herds of more than 30 that I would consider small breeders, then there are the people with herds of over two hundred that lose more crias in one year than I breed in two years that are in their own world, some folks have posted how many crias they have each year and I find this information quite interesting, I have frankly lost touch with how many crias people have each year but certainly quantity does not equate with quality. note there are plenty of “big breeders” that have never won a major national halter grand championship, I agree that having an ostentatious award on your mantel does not automatically equate with quality but it is of some value in assessing what you are doing. Perhaps **** could further define what he means by the term “big breeder” but I suspect it has to do with more than just numbers. • ..... I normally have two crias a year, occasionally up to four, but rarely and I have not bred in the last two years except for outside breedings • ..... My only requirement is that the judging be fair. Our animals do well in that case. • ..... First, if anyone feels that we need classes for
small breeders, they probably also believe we should give awards for last place and no one should ever lose. There is no place for this in llama showing or in life. We are small breeders, for 20 years we have maintained less than 20 animals and never had over 4 cria a year. Every animal we show I feel has a chance of best of show any day against anyone, if it doesn’t you will not see it being shown and it definitely will not be breed, it will more than likely live out it’s days guarding sheep, goats or Alpacas. With that being said I expect someone who is having 30+ cria a year to dominate at shows because they should, they have more to choose from, I will smile and shake their hand when they beat me and smile bigger and shake their hand when I beat them. Since someone mentioned when the judges are fair, I feel it is right to speak to judges showing...If any judge shows an animal that is not worthy of winning on any given day, they should not be judging! Judges more so than anyone should walk in the ring with something they know is a winner. If you want to win in the show ring there are two simple things to make it happen... Get educated and work hard, it doesn’t take big money and it doesn’t take big numbers.. • ..... We were going to stop breeding but we had a couple of studs who over rode that decision the last two years. Both are now in double quarantine. I did do some select breeding to 9 females. My problem is that all llamas look great to me. **** used to tease me because I would purchase llamas that were friendly and cute rather than exploring their linage. Being a small breeder does not mean you produce and inferior product. It just means that you need to watch conformation and fence jumpers a little better. • ..... Life isn’t fair, never will be. There will always be someone with more $$$, more time, more animals. It’s part of the challenge. Big farms naturally have more crias to choose from. Doesn’t mean you can’t beat them, just means you need to develop a great eye
and bring your best stock to the shows. I feel like it’s never been a more “level” playing field than *now* in the llama industry. Prices for the very TOP animals are within reach of most all of us!! • ..... For the first 10 or 12 years we were in llamas we only showed light wool in halter and did performance. Generally, we could win every light wool class both male and female and would stand grand and reserve. We were also pretty competitive in performance. Light wool has kind of died in our area, in one or two generations we were able to add fiber to our program and still have maintained a herd that can win any where based on confirmation but, now they can also win in walking fiber. • ..... Maybe it shouldn’t all be about beating “them”. How about just some pride of ownership? I feel good when I get third place. • ..... You hit the nail on the head. Prices are right and the quality is higher than it has ever been. • ..... You’re right ****, that is why I said I smile and shake their had when they beat me and smile bigger when I beat them. • ..... Yes, you need to “love” what’s in your pastures these days!! Long gone are the days where any female llama sold for $10k plus. Keep and breed what “you” want to look at! • ..... This post has got me fired up and of course I am enjoying a holiday weekend. I have been involved in showing since I can remember, my grand parents were dairy farmers and I can remember going to fair and sitting in the stands with Grandpa, I have shown almost everything on four feet buy goats • ..... I wasn’t finished with the last post. There is always going to be someone with more animals and 45
more money. With education and more work, you can always beat them. • ..... We enjoy our animals and really could care less where we place....and when we do place higher...we are on cloud nine! • ..... It’s that whole everyone wins thing that gets me going, every time. Work hard and make the right choices and it will come.
because of herd size. With the biggest herd rescue I approached the llama association over here, they (and the majority of their members) did not want to know about helping with that rescue, which cost me personally thousands in moving costs, vets bills, and feed. I need to be selling, and that to me means I need to be showing to keep on top of sales.
• ..... It takes more than just sound conformation to pull you to the front of the class. Training your llama to set-up properly, keep alert, and stand for hands-on • ..... I can’t speak to the halter portion of this really evaluations, all play a role in winning. Grooming/ (though our geldings, being mostly from a single small shearing your llama and overall health makes a diffarm, hold their own in nonbreeder). However, when it ference too. We have seen equally beautiful llamas comes to performance, number of animals or “size”of from small breeders lose first place spot not because farm have absolutely nothing to do with it. We have the llama lacked in breeding qualities but because the 6 ourselves. In fact, to some degree, I’d say the fewer qualities were not presented as well. If you feel you animals you have, typically the better you might be have equal breeding qualities to big name winners in performance. But, it all depends on where you put than start copying their show stance. At least you will your time, focus, and energy. We decided to focus on look really good in second place. : ) performance and not do any breeding and are reaping the rewards at many of the shows we attend, and no • ..... Conformation alone SHOULD be the standard, matter the outcome, do it purely for the fun and chal- but judges are often swayed by the style of the animal lenge of it. and the amount of fiber coverage. When light wools are shown next to medium wools, the latter most • ..... I hope the new breeders bring their best to the often take the blue ribbons. I’ve seen too many shows shows it will be fun. where if you walked in to watch a class in progress, you could not guess the wool category. I’ve also seen • ..... I have dilemma here from the opposite perspec- top honors awarded apparently on the basis of who tive - I own the largest llama herd in ****, I have won is holding the lead rope when the animal has obvious the top herdsire at our biggest (sometimes only) show conformational flaws apparent to spectators. Until most years, and also top dam. Last year I also won top associations insist that their judges move animals out walking fleece under 24 months, champion llama, and of inappropriate wool classes, I think that judging will a few more besides. If I don’t show where does that continue to be less about conformation and more about put my sales? I use my show results as a sales point, I judges’ preferences. Also, anyone showing llamas don’t want to loose that selling point, but I hate show- should also be entering the Showmanship classes. If ing and all that comes with it. It costs me $400 to you know HOW to show your llama to its best advanTB test my herd for the show season, money I would tage, you can often raise it a place in the ring. Showrather spend on hay, but I need to be selling. My herd manship is where you become adept at doing this. size is not down to over breeding - I took on 2 rescue herds, one of 97, one of 20, fact is I hardly breed
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Fiber Wanderings
By Zelma Cleaveland
Welcome Spring! Take a good look at your fluffy friends out in the pasture. Isn't it time you took advantage of all that gorgeous, fiber? It's spring and with spring comes shearing and an accumulation of more fiber! You can't claim you are trying to insulate your barn forever! Now is the time to take stock of this valuable commodity and start using it to pay some of your expenses. Did I mention you will probably enjoy working with this fiber, too! Fiber opportunities increase every year right in our own back yard. You need to step away from the television and start reading, networking, taking classes, etc. To learn everything you can about your llama fiber. To being with, check out the website: www.icinfo.org and click on fiber! A few years ago the Camelid Community spent considerable effort to produce materials to get you started on this journey. The annual Fiber Retreat in Jefferson City, MO just ended and I sent your editor pictures of some of the classes and the vendors. Over 150 people attend this event annually. There are speakers, vendors, classes, and a gallery to suit all levels of interest in fiber. If you go online, I'll bet you can find some more pictures. This isn't all ladies, either. Lots of the fellows have discovered the fiber and love all the equipment involved! www.Mofiberretreat.com The next event will be April 25 in Chillicothe, MO: The All Missouri Spin In 2015 (Have Wheel: Will Travel). This is a traveling event that we are proud to host this year. A whole day of spinning, classes, vendors, a fashion show, a private treaty sale and plenty of networking. There will be a lot of fiber equipment - new and used - for sale. Check out the website: Missourispiin2015.com or ask questions on the facebook group : All Missouri Spin In 2015. This is a public group and you will see classes being offered, vendors, and some of the other things we are doing. Event takes place at the Livingston County Fairgrounds on Route 190 northwest of town. Later, you still have a chance to sign up for classes at Fiber U (July 18-19) which is held in Lebanon, MO. Class sign up has begun and some classes are already filled! This gathering is sponsored by MOPACA. Lots more classes, marketing ideas and even classes to learn to tie fishing flies with your fiber! Information is on the website www.mplaca.org or you can call 417-533-5280 to register.
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If you are already a spinner or use the fiber in knitted, felted, crocheted items, you may want to check out the Missouri State Fair competitions through the Home Economics Department. There are some nice premiums you could take home for your efforts. The llama association sponsors a llama yarn class and other fiber enthusiasts also sponsor classes in natural fibers. For more information on these competitions, contact me at zkllamas@2aol.com. Generally, you can start your items as soon as you know the class criteria. You enter through the fair in July and then send items to be judged and on display in early August. This can get your farm name out there as well as your fiber. Suddenly it is fall, and the festivals continue: September 18-19 Fiber Daze in Southwest Missouri. This
event is in Mt. Vernon. - classes, fiber, vendors. Info at www.fiberfolksofswmo.com Lake: Fiber Arts Festival - 10th Anniversary in Camdenton, MO. www.lakefiberarts.com Displays, demonstrations, vendors, fiber art displays. Love to travel? Consider a jaunt to the north to Canada. Fibre Week is June 19-26 and it is a week full of fun and classes on the beautiful Olds College Campus just north of Calgary. I'm headed that way to finish Level 6 of the Master Spinners Program. What a fun, challenging way to learn more about spinning that I even had imagined! Check out their information at www.oldscollege.ca/fibreweek . They have many levels of other interesting classes and some of the friendliest people you will ever meet. In between all the festivals and classes, our Fiber Gals are still meeting every month to learn more fiber skills and share with each other. Isn't it time you explored the "fiber side" of your llamas? Reprinted from the Missouri Llama Assoc. Newsletter, March 2015.
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Ask The CSU VET Team
By Kathy Stanko & the Colorado State University Camelid Vets & Interns
It is time for a refresher discussion on parasites in camelids since the past year threw a lot of owners and animals for a loop and there are new camelid owners with questions. This is Part 1, an overview of parasites. Part 2 will appear in the Summer Issue. Camelids can be infected with many different parasites and these include gastrointestinal (GI), external (ticks, mites, etc), and a cria. This is only a partial joke since many heavy lactation females can look like they have a parasite problem but their poorer body condition is just due to milk production. This first part of a two part article will be focusing on the GI parasites commonly affecting camelids, clinical signs of infection, and life cycle features that we can use for detection. Treatment and control strategies will be discussed in Part 2. Why are we seeing more GI parasite problems in certain regions of the west? It is primarily due to the weather. Some areas have had significantly more rainfall or rain in normally dry times and winter has not helped in other areas since it has been warmer than normal rather than a long duration cold spell. These two factors - the moisture and temperatures - have favored the GI parasites. Environmental conditions have not been that harsh (hot and dry or frigid) to kill off the eggs in the pastures and pens. The eggs have always been around but were being inactivated 52
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by the weather conditions. The parasite eggs are shed in the feces of the animals in your herd. The camelid dung pile is a great parasite control method compared to what owners have to do when keeping sheep and goats since they drop fecal pellets in random fashion. However the dung pile is not foolproof. Juveniles or other animals may not be that fastidious at using it if they are suffering from diarrhea and have the “urge to go now”. Also animals get feces on their feet, these can tracked around and lead to eggs being deposited in a variety of areas. Then we get a little water and warmth and voila, the parasites can complete their life cycle and become infectious. Most of the time we see GI parasite problems in our juvenile camelids. These juveniles are under more stress (psychological, immunological, physical, etc.) than adults, except for pregnant animals. The first time the animal is infected, their immune system is not prepared (naive) and it takes time for the immune cells to develop to fight the parasite (or bacteria, virus, etc.). This naivete provides the parasites time to complete their life cycle leading to intestinal damage and cause the diarrhea, poor growth or weight loss, poor fiber, lethargy, etc. that we see. Older animals can have similar parasite problems because their immune system is not as robust as in younger adults. This is similar to the increased risk of influenza and pneumonia in elderly humans. The severity of signs from GI parasites is usually dependent on the infectious dose the animal gets, therefore infection with a larger number of parasites results in more serious disease. Once the immune system has “seen” the parasites the first time, it is more prepared for the next exposure cycle and often can keep
the infection in check without clinical signs developing. The duration of protection varies with types of parasites and time between exposures. Additionally when we have years of low parasite loads on the pastures, the lack of continued low level immune stimulation can lead to a flare up of parasitism in any age camelid. The beneficial aspects of low level immune stimulation is one reason we no longer recommend routine, whole herd deworming when there are no signs of parasite infections or just small numbers of parasite detected on fecal examinations. As a review there are several categories of GI parasites: nematodes, cestodes, and protozoa. • Nematodes are sometimes called “worms”, and some of the more common ones found in camelids are Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, and Trichuris species. Haemonchus and Trichostrongylus are often lumped into the general category of “strongyles” since the eggs look identical. • Cestodes are tapeworms and include Taenia and Moniezia species. • The final category is the protozoa which includes coccidia (Eimeria species including E. macusaniensis), Cryptosporidium, and Giardia. The GI parasites found in your particular region vary by environmental conditions, animal stocking density, previous biosecurity protocols a farm may have implemented, as well as other factors. All farms should assume to have coccidia, Nematodirus, and some version of strongyles. These may not show up in every fecal floatation performed, however they are too common and impossible to eradicate completely from the
environment and the animals (more in Part 2). The different GI parasites have some unique features we need to discuss in more detail. • Haemonchus and Trichostrongylus - Under optimal conditions of high temperature and humidity, the eggs from these worms can mature to infective larvae stages in approximately one week. The larvae require moisture and grass or spilled hay to wiggle on to in order to live long enough to be consumed by an animal. Once ingested, the larvae require 2-4 weeks to mature to the egg-laying adult stage (prepatent period) and then we can detect the eggs on fecal examinations. Adult Haemonchus attach to the Compartment 3 (C3) mucosa and feed on blood. • The signs of a severe infections are a reflection of this blood loss. The anemia from the blood loss shows as lethargy or exercise intolerance (e.g. lagging behind the group), increased respiratory rate and possible nostril flaring, increased heart rate, and pale mucous membranes and sclera. This can look like a Mycoplasma haemolamae infection. In “pure” Haemonchus infections, the host usually has well-formed feces because blood loss is the main problem, not impaired digestion. Trichostrongylus infections appear to have some variable geographical differences in severity of infection and disease. For example, camelids in the northwest coastal areas of the US can have significant infections with this parasite. • Nematodirus - The parasite is a low egg shedder so the presence of multiple eggs on a fecal floatation indicates a significant infectious load. The eggs can remain dormant for over a year on a pasture and hatch into infective larvae when optimal weather conditions exist. Once ingested, it takes 2-3 weeks before we can detect the eggs in a fecal examination. Alpacas often show signs of mild-moderate abdominal pain (colic) with 53
Nematodirus infections. • Trichuris - This parasite is often called a “whipworm” because the adult form looks like a whip. Trichuris infections seem to have some variable geographical differences. The prepatent period is approximately unknown in camelids but 2 months in other ruminants. The eggs are very resistant to environmental degradation. • Cestodes: Taenia and Moniezia These are usually more of a concern for an owner than the animal as it can be disturbing to find small “grains of rice” attached to the rump or fiber of the animal. Most of the time tapeworms do not cause problems however significant infections can be pathologic and result in diarrhea and ill¬thrift. • Coccidia - There are multiple species of coccidia and all are host species specific so camelids cannot be infected by coccidia from cattle, chickens, etc. Coccidia are often found in fecal floats so treatment is only warranted if clinical signs are apparent or oocysts are seen in very high numbers. Diarrhea can be mild and due to maldigestion and malabsorption of nutrients with low infection loads, but can progress to an inflammatory condition with bloody diarrhea, mucosal shreds and fibrin in the feces with high infectious dosages. In severe infections, animals may strain to defecate and even develop a rectal prolapse from straining. The oocysts require a minimum of 5 days to transition to the infectious stage and moist warm weather favors this faster time. The oocysts are very hardy hanging out in cool, moist conditions. The prepatent period varies from about 2-5 weeks depending with the individual Eimeria species with E. macusaniensis having the longest prepatent period. • Cryptosporidium - Oocysts are immediately infective once they pass out in the feces and the infectious dose is very low therefore infection occurs quite easily. The prepatent period 54
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is 3-7 days. Some species of Cryptosporidium can cause disease in animals and humans (zoonotic). The parasite is very difficult to eradicate from the environment so if it is on your premises, assume it is there to stay. • Giardia - Often Giardia is an incidental finding on fecal examinations, but it can be the primary cause of diarrhea. We usually determine this when the diarrhea does not resolve with normal treatments. Infection typically occurs through contaminated water. Similar to cryptosporidiosis, the infectious dose is quite small and significant fecal shedding occurs in affected animals. Once Giardia is found on a farm, it is assumed that all animals will be infected. The prepatent period is between 3-10 days, and cysts are immediately infective. Some strains of Giardia are also zoonotic. General Clinical Features of GI Parasite Infections • Poor or no weight gain, weight loss, poor hair coat • Colic or intestinal inflammation (enteritis) • Diarrhea may be profuse and lead to metabolic abnormalities. • Blood in the feces • Weakness, lethargy • Anorexia due to cramping or weakness or just not feeling well. • Swelling along the bottom of the jaw, chest area, scrotum, prepuce, or udder. The swelling (edema) develops as luid (similar to water) accumulates into the more ventral subcutaneous tissues. This can occur with severe protein loss from damaged intestine. Reprinted with permission of the author and compiling editor from The Journal of the RMLA, Spring 2015. Further reprinting is prohibited without author/editor permission.
SCLA 2015 Election – Call for Candidates In August SCLA will elect the following officers and director: President (2-year term) Vice-President (2-year term) - Bill Simpson is willing to run again. Secretary (2-year term) - Adryce Mathisen is willing to run again. Treasurer (2-year term) Directors for Region Three - Candidate needs to live in this region. (Area codes: 254-325-432-682-817-806-940-915-505) All candidates must be current members of SCLA. These offices are neither difficult nor time consuming. The Board meets on an as-needed basis, via email or teleconference and attends the annual meeting, which is usually held at the State Fair of Texas in early October. New officers will take effect at the conclusion of the 2015 annual meeting. The Vice-President conducts a meeting if the President cannot attend and the Secretary keeps the minutes of the annual meeting and a record of decisions made by the Board during the year. The Regional director represents the members of their area on the board. The Treasurer is an important position and Bob has served many terms since 1991. He would very much like to retire now! Per our Bylaws: “The Treasurer shall maintain Association rosters of current paid membership, and shall maintain all financial records of the Association as well as issue payments in accordance with rules set by the executive committee.” In fact, the Membership Secretary maintains the membership roster (database). In addition to the above duties, the Treasurer issues an annual financial report, uses Microsoft Money software (those files may be able to transfer to Quicken) and also files IRS form 990-EZ (“Short Form-Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax”) annually. If you have questions about the tasks of the Treasurer, please contact Bob Lyons and he will give you specifics. Bob’s email address is boblyons1@satx.rr.com or phone: (210) 497-3151. Please help keep SCLA a functioning group and consider being a candidate for one of these positions! If you would like to run for any of the offices, please contact either Sean or Karen for more details – please respond by July 6, 2015. Sean Price: (281) 830-2368 Cell Email: figranch@flash.net Karen Conyngham (512) 328-8715 Email: 72040.3361@compuserve.com
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SCLA Regional Directors Region 1: (Area codes: 210-361-512-737-830-956) Susan Leslie 4317 FM 539, LaVernia, TX 78121-4455 (830) 401-0819 (Term:9/2014 - 9/2017) leslielanellamas@gmail.com Region 2: (Area codes: 214-405-430-469-479-501-580-903-918-972) Bob Carroll 3006 NW CR 1030, Corsicana, TX 75110-6040 (903) 229-8029 (Term: 9/2013-9/2016) rcranch1@yahoo.com Region 3: (Area codes: 254-325-432-682-817-806-940-915-505) Deborah Ignacio 3141 FM 2256 Mineral Wells, TX 76067-1011 (817) 454-8882 (Term: 9/2012-9/2015) deborah.ignacio@yahoo.com Region 4: (Area codes: 281-318-346-409-504-713-832-936-979-985) Trisha McKaskle 2871 River Rd., Sealy, TX 77474-7757 (281) 414-3584 (Term: 9/2013 - 9/2016) hitekllama@aol.com At Large: Jim Doyle, 8165 Jackson Rd., Krum, TX 76249 (940) 488-3163; Cell: (940) 391-1862 jim@marikollamas.com (Term: 9/2014 - 9/2017)
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SCLA Library
Barbara Welch, Librarian
(830) 885-2388 • dbldare@gvtc.com
Books A Guide to Raising Llamas – Gale Birutta (10132) A Well Trained Llama – By Paul & Betty Barkman (10167) Along Came a Llama -- Welsh farmer adds a llama to her farm (10041) ALSA Llama Judging Clinic (10098) Aunt Millie’s Guide to Llama Fiber - By Mike Brown (10166) Body Scoring Llamas & Alpacas, by Bob Beede, DVM (10128) Before and After Llamas -- humor (10086) Building Small Barns, Sheds and Shelters -- Monte Burche (10116) Camel's Zoo Book 2 -- children (10023) Caring for Llamas, A Health and Management Guide (10043) Caring for Llamas and Alpacas - 2nd. ed. (10043) Evaluating a Llama Pack for Comfort and Function (10122) Fifty Things to Do With a Llama by B. James (10147) Felt making Techniques & Projects by I. Evers (10149) Handbook for Llamas -- first aid (10017) Hands On Spinning -- Lee Raven (10107) Harley – by Star Livingston Illustrated by Molly Bang (10173) Heat Stress; Prevention & Management, by Myra Freeman -- (10130) I Care About My Animals – animal rights guide (10124) If I was a Llama -- children (10112) Llamas & Alpacas as a Metaphor for Life - by Marty McGee – (10148) Llama&AlpacaNeonatalCare,byB.Smith,DVM;K.Timm,DVM;P.Long,DVM.--(10131) Llama Babies -- Up, Dry & Nursing -- Anderson (10133) Llama Driving – By Ron Shinnick (10169) Llama Nutrition Clinic Notes -- LaRue Johnson, DVM (10138) Llama Packing for Youth, by the ILA Youth Committee -- (10129) Llama Training on Your Own – Helen Bodington (10168) Living with Llamas -- Rosana Hart (10020) Llamas Can Beat the Heat -- Texas cooling techniques (10035) Llama Medicine and Surgery -- Texas A&M (10022) Llama Medicine, Veterinary Clinics of North America -- (10082) Llama Training, Who's in Charge -- (10027) Llamas: Their Personality and Expressions -- (10114) Llama Tricks -- Step by Step Method -- by Linda Hayes -- 10142 Leaders Manual for 4-H Llama Activities (10156) Love a Llama -- children (10097) Making the Most of Your Llama – By Linda Beattie (10165)
Medicine & Surgery of South American Camelids -Fowler (10135) Medicine & Surgery of South American Camelids – 2nd ed., (10153) Packing with Llamas -- (10048) Raising Llamas in Alberta, Why Are They So Popular? -- (10123) Roberts Rules of Order (10152) Ruminations from the Back Forty - by John Mallon (10178) SCLA 1992 Conference -- ring binder (10104) SCLA 1993 Conference -- ring binder (10079) SCLA 1994 Conference -- ring binder (10100) SCLA 1995 Conference – ring binder (10080) SCLA 1996 Conference – ring binder (10130) SCLA 1998 Conference – ring binder (10150) SCLA 2000 Conference – ring binder, (10163) Scraping Heaven - by Cindy Ross, donated by Teresa King (10179) Secrets of the Andes (10040) So You Share Your Life with a Llama - by Susan Peterson (10177) Speechless Brothers (10106) Spinning Llama & Alpaca -- by Chris Switzer (10134) Spinning Llama & Alpaca 2nd Edition – By Chris Switzer (10171) The Camelid Companion (Handling and Training your Alpacas and Llamas) – by Marty McGee Bennett (10172) The Field Guide ... In Search of the Ideal Llama – conformation info (10113) The TTEAM Approach -- McGee (10117) The (Mis)adventures of the Llamas at Hunter Hill – Hubbard, Ryberg (10174) Today and Tomorrow Llama Investment Analysis --1990 (10047) Turning Wool into a Cottage Industry -- (10042) The Waldo Chronicles -- a training log -- (10129) Veterinary Llama Field Manual - By Norman Evans (10145) Youth Llama Project -- 4H guidebooks (10045) 4H Instructions -- SCLA (10118) Packing with Llamas 4th edition - Stanlynn Daugherty (10161) Notes from Dr. Norman Evans' llama conference on 4/1/2000 (10164) 3rd Annual Camelid Health Program - Ohio State University (10170)
Newsletters and Magazines SCLA Humming Herald Red Hot Llamas -- Smithsonian 8/94 (10101) Newsletters from other llama associations
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Wonderful World of Llama Wool, The -- McGee (10121) Working In the Round Pen (3 tapes) John Mallon - 10124 Working with Difficult Llamas....by Ken Ploeser, (10162)
Video Tapes All About Llamas I -- Llama Basics (10007) All About Llamas II, Breeding, Birthing and Newborns -- (10008) Animals on the Farm -- Video aimed at children/4-H clubs - (10134) Basic T.T. E.A.M. with Llamas - by Marty McGee (10005) Camelid Handling Secrets Volume 1 Medical Management - (10025) Click & Reward -- Training Video -- (10141) Click and Reward – Vol. II –(10159) The Competitive Edge in the Showring -- ALSA guidelines (10073) Felt Making by Hand -- Basic Process -- Vickrey (10143) Fences, Barns and Feeders (10085) Five Star Llama Packing (10001) Grooming and Basic Training -- SCLA (10063) How to Use the Kwick and Slick Grooming Tool – (10160) ILA Marketing Video (10111) In Search of the Ideal Llama -- conformation (10095) Inside 4-H Llamas – By ILA (10155) Llama Reproduction -- Part I & II (10009/10) Llama Training with Bobra Goldsmith -- (10003) Mallon Method, The - Difficult to Halter (10180) Mallon Method, The -- The First 24 Hours (10125) Mallon Method, The -- Halter Training Basics (10140) Rolfing a Llama -- (10103) SCLA 1995 Ft Worth Sale -- (10108/09) SCLA 1994 Conference Awards -- (10102) SCLA 1998 Conference Videos (two) – (10151) SCLA Seminar -- (Jensen) heat stress, nail trimming (10011) Spinning Wool, Basics and Beyond -- by P Zawistoski (10139) Step by Step Shearing -- for alpacas and llamas (10126) Texas A & M Seminar -- (Fowler) infectious disease & heat stress (10013) Teaching Your Llama to Pack – Marty McGee with Stanley Daugherty –video – TWO COPIES: --(10158) Texas Country Reporter – featuring John & Linda Keltgen (10157) Training Llamas to Drive -- (10044) Treasures of the Andes -- PBS (10090) "Treating" your Llama Kindly -- handling techniques with Dr. LaRue Johnson and Marty Mcgee (10128) TTEAM Approach to Herd Management -- McGee (10070) Vermonters Just Like to Felt Hats – video (10154) What Do You Do with a Llama? -- photography, Ley (10119) Why llamas? -- (10014) 58
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DVDs Llama Talk -- Cathy Spalding, Gentle Spirit Llama Training with Bobra Goldsmith Running of the Llamas: a documentary by Heidi Freier c. 2008 (10200) Spinning Luxury Fibers (3 DVD set) Judith MacKenzie Spinning Wool, Basics and Beyond -- by P Zawistoski Mallon Method, The -- Difficult to Halter Mallon Method, The -- The First 24 Hours Mallon Method, The -- Halter Training Basics Vermonters Just Like to Felt Hats -- The Herd of Northern Vermonters Wonderful World of Llama Wool, The -- McGee Working In the Round Pen (3 DVD set) John Mallon
Equipment Tooth-A-Matic rental $20 plus deposit SCLA members can check out items by emailing or calling Barbara Welch, Books may be kept for one month and video tapes for two weeks. Items are mailed at SCLA's expense. You pay the return postage. Please return to: Barbara Welch 12830 Rebecca Creek Rd. Spring Branch TX 78070 Email Barbara at dbldare@gvtc.com or phone: 830-885-2388. Updated June 2011
Advertising Rates Payment will reserve your placement and will be accepted for up to four consecutive issues. Please include $7.00 for each “loose” photo accompanying your ad. Please do not submit ink jet printouts of photos as the quality is sub-standard.
Member Rates:
Front Cover...................... $125.00 Inside Covers.......................$80.00 Back Cover..........................$90.00 Full Page..............................$65.00 Half Page.............................$55.00 Quarter Page........................$45.00 Business Card......................$30.00 Insert Your Flyer.................$75.00 Classifieds.................25¢ per word ($ 3.50 minimum)
Non-Member Rates:
Front Cover...................... $175.00 Inside Covers.......................$95.00 Back Cover....................... $105.00 Full Page..............................$75.00 Half Page.............................$65.00 Quarter Page........................$55.00 Business Card......................$35.00 Insert Your Flyer.................$85.00 Classifieds.................40¢ per word ($ 5.00 minimum)
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Specifications Print Ready Ads: Acceptable print ready ad formats are files at 300 dpi as a Press Quality PDF, TIF, EPS or PSD file. Please zip or stuff your file for faster email transmission. Digital Photo Submission: When taking digital photos, it is always best to set your camera to its highest settings, which will give you the least amount of pictures on your memory card. Email the photo - in its original condition - to hummingherald@figmentranch.com for review. If your photo is not of the proper resolution, you will be notified. Full Page Ad: Half Page Ad: Quarter Page Ad: Business Card Ad:
7.5” x 10” 7.5” x 4.725” 3.62” x 4.725” 3.62” x 2.25”
Spring...........................February 1 Summer............................... May 1 Fall...................................August 1 Winter........................ November 1 Mail Print-Ready Copy to: Ruby Herron 17102 Mueschke RD Cypress, TX 77433
Contact her with questions at 713-249-8523 or figranch@flash.net Additional copies of the Humming Herald are available at a cost of $5.00 each plus $2.25 per copy for shipping. Copies must be ordered by deadline date. Send check, made payable to SCLA at the address above.
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Membership Application Form
South Central Llama Association (www.scla.us) Name:____________________________________________________________________________________ Ranch Name:______________________________________________________________________________ Address:__________________________________________________________________________________ City:_________________________________________ State:____________ Zip___________________________ Phone : ( ______) _____________________ Email:_____________________________________________ _____Please DO NOT print my name in the Membership Directory (handed out to the public) Annual Membership Fee: $40.00 per household. All memberships expire January 31st of each year. $20.00 for first-time members who join after July 1. Please mail a copy of this membership form with your check (payable to SCLA) to: SCLA MEMBERSHIP P.O. Box 163654 Austin, TX 78716
Associate Youth Membership Application Form South Central Llama Association (www.scla.us)
Youth Name:_______________________________________________________________________ Ranch Name:_______________________________________________________________________ Address:___________________________________________________________________________ City:__________________________________ State:________________ Zip___________________ Phone : ( ______)_______________________
Email:_____________________________________
Date of Birth______________________________ Name & Address of Adult Sponsor: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _____Please DO NOT print my name in the Membership Directory (handed out to the public) Youth Associate Memberships are non-voting and expire December 31st of each year. Annual Membership Fee: $10.00 per youth, ages 5-19. $5.00 for first-time members who join after July 1. Please mail a copy of this membership form with your check (payable to SCLA) to: SCLA Membership P.O. Box 163654 Austin, TX 78716
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Only if we can learn to work together will we realize our strength in numbers. Free your mind and think. Figment Ranch
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