"Focusing on Success" Suri Network's Annual Symposium in Estes Park, Colorado. More information will be available at www.SuriNetwork.org the end of April.

Contact 1: Suri Network
Email: 
Website: www.SuriNetwork.org
Phone: 970-586-5876

Saturday August 21st 9AM - 5PM
* HUACAYA & SURI ALPACAS * (represented by several farms)
* BRED & MAIDEN FEMALES * HERDSIRES * JUNIOR HERDSIRES * FIBER QUALITY *
* TONS OF FUN * GREETING CENTER * MEET THE OWNERS * FREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS * DEMONSTRATIONS * DRAWINGS * MUSIC * YOUTH OBSTACLE COURSE
Held at the Cross Roads Farm & Market in Westfield, NY a short drive from I-86 (exit 6)or I-90 (exit 60)

Contact 1: Evelyn Brumwell
Phone: 716-450-7459

Contact 2: Monica Snavley
Email: 
Website: www.bullyhollowalpacas.com
Phone: 814-484-3260

Join us at the 2010 Breeders Edge Invitational Auction where a carefully-selected group of showcase-quality alpacas will be available for your purchase. And there are other opportunities you will find nowhere else, Auction Purchaser Grand Prize, Famous Alpaca Auction Bingo, Education, Breeders Edge Bucks Raffle and the BIGGEST MARDI GRAS party this side of New Orleans.

Contact 1: Ernest & Barbara Kellogg
Email: 
Website: www.breedersedge.info
Phone: 703-753-2398

Contact 2: Nancy Ogan
Email: 
Website: www.breedersedge.info
Phone: 919-624-4763

Learn more about the alpaca industry, including working with alpaca fiber, raising alpacas, tax advantages and investment opportunities, and more. Watch a mock alpaca show and learn what the judges are looking for when they choose the winners.

Event is free and open to the public. Friday night banquet; Saturday mock show and sales.

Park County Fairgrounds, Livingston, MT. 9 am to 6 pm on Saturday. Sponsored by Yellowstone Alpaca Breeders Association.

Contact 1: Deb Hill
Email: 
Website: www.yabasite.org
Phone: (406) 538-3177

At last an auction for everyone.

Pucara along with Snowmass Alpacas and Suri Central
(Pucara, Stonebrook Farm and Purely Suri) will present an elite auction of 25 lots plus a pen reserve sale of approx 40 lots ( reserves posted). Suri and Huacaya.

We promise this will be an event you will never forget. Premium alpacas,premium wines, premium cuisine and premium fun.

Contact 1: Alan Cousill
Email: 
Website: www.pucara-alpacas.com
Phone: 503 843 3939

You are invited to join us at the 3rd Annual Show Pronkin' Alpaca Fest from 10am to 4pm, on Saturday, September 4th, at the Cheshire Fairgrounds in Swanzey, NH. Free seminars, free raffles, vendors selling alpaca products and terrific ribbon winning alpacas for sale.

Contact 1: Patricia Delaney
Email: 
Website: www.thealpacafest.com
Phone: 603-876-4569

PARK VIEW ALPACAS AND WEST PENN ALPACAS ALONG WITH THEIR DISTINGUISHED GUEST CONSIGNORS WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE 3RD ANNUAL PRESTIGE ALPACA AUCTION AT THE MOUNTAINEER RACETRACK AND GAMING RESORT IN CHESTER WV!SAME GREAT LOCATION, DIFFERENT DATE! THE PRESTIGE ALPACA AUCTION WILL BE HELD SEPT 10TH AND 11TH 2010! THIS AUCTION PROMISES TO BE THE EVENT OF THE YEAR! WWW.PRESTIGEALPACA.COM

Contact 1: DEBBIE HARDEN
Email: 
Website: WWW.WESTPENNALPACAS.COM
Phone: 724-663-5310

Contact 2: NANCY TENHULZEN
Email: 
Website: PARKVIEWALPACAS.COM
Phone: 1888-425-7222

Full Day Class on:
What to do with your fiber
Dyeing Class

This class is being taught by Cindy Carr of Zen Alpacas who is a certified sorter out of Olds College in Alberta, Canada.

More information to come. Feel free to contact Chris if you have a need you would like addressed when it come to fiber.

Contact 1: Chris Gray
Email: 
Website: www.jerseybreeders.com
Phone: 315-573-3773

Contact 2: Jerry Braatz
Email: 
Website: www.jerseybreeders.com
Phone: 609-268-8656

This seminar is designed to answer questions about raising alpacas, from their care and handling to the financial aspects. It will give new investors or those thinking about investing much needed information to make informed choices and decisions to insure their success. Lunch will be provided both days and starter packages will be available. We stand behind every sale and provide post sale support.

Contact 1: Tina Weston
Email: 
Website: www.forestglenalpacas.com
Phone: (814)827-2352

We will cover the following topics:
Why sort and grade?
Practicality & Benefits for Show or Processing
Methods used to perform the task.
Hands on application—sort and grade
All Participants receive a “Sorting Card”
Bring your fleece (up to three bags) to practice and take home the results.

Get your fleece ready for end product production, learn how to improve the price you can receive for your sorted and graded fiber.
Check our web site for registration information www.AbenakiAcres.com

Contact 1: Elizabeth Johnson
Email: 
Website: www.AbenakiAcres.com
Phone: 908-782-0025

We have an abundance of females (approx. 30) included in our pen sale.

In our pen sale on Sept. 18, 2010 all females sold for $2000 or more come with a free breeding or already bred.

Females sold for under $2000 will not include a breeding, but some may already be bred.

Females sold for $1000 will not have any guarantees.

Terms are available for up to 24 months with 1/3 down or minimum $1000.

Contact 1: Linda Lundstrom
Email: 
Phone: 248-685-0403

Contact 2: Roy Parks
Email: 
Phone: 248-808-3501

While we will not be hosting The Private Collection Auction this year, the annual fall gathering at Alpaca Jack's has become a tradition; one we enjoy too much to pass up. We hope our auction regulars, and friends old and new, will join us this year for the Alpaca Jack's Suri Farm Symposium and Marketplace. This day long event is designed for beginners, experienced breeders, showmen, hobby breeders, fiber enthusiasts, and the just plain Suri-Curious.

Contact 1: Jackie Donaldson Parish
Email: 
Website: www.alpacajack.com
Phone: 419-423-3890

Contact 2: Miriam Donaldson
Email: 
Website: www.alpacajack.com
Phone: 419-423-3890

Come and join Alpacas de la Patagonia at their new ranch location on beautiful Camano Island, WA for their first annual Production Sale. Celebrate Chilean Independance Day, attend seminars by David Barboza and Brett Kaysen, and view some of the best huacayas and suris available. Years of experience and dedication to the alpaca business have made this breeding program one of excellence. Excellence in quality of animals, and excellence in customer service. Reserves posted!

Contact 1: Karen Byram or Hugo Ulloa
Email: 
Website: www.alpacasdelapatagonia.com
Phone: (360) 629-7700

Learn a kinder, gentler, and more effective way of handling alpacas. Workshop presenter, on both days, is Dorothy Hunt, the first Camelidynamics Practitioner certified by Marty McGee Bennett. Limited to 15 participants each day. For more information and enrollment coupon, visit www.StormwindAlpacas.com
or call 609-261-0696.

Contact 1: Ingrid Wood
Email: 
Website: www.StormwindAlpacas.com
Phone: 609-261-0696

During this one day seminar you be introduced to:
- Getting Started and Building a Research Library.
- History of the Alpacas and the Alpaca Industry.
- Basic Farm Design, Shelter, Pastures, and Tack essentials.
- Fundamentals of Diet, Daily Chores, Routine Medical Care and Shearing.
- Choosing Alpacas to meet your Investment Goals and Herd Growth.
- Marketing, Alpaca Shows, Farm Tours, and Fiber Workshops.
- Business Planning and Tax Benefits.
- Hands-On Experience with an Alpaca.

COST: $50

Contact 1: Sherry McEvoy
Email: 
Website: www.AlpacaPasturesVA.com
Phone: (804) 449-1423

Able Oaks Ranch is proud to be a participating ranch in the 2010 National Alpaca Farm Day. Get a hands-on experience of alpacas and miniature llamas. See my outstanding herdsires. Learn about setting up barns, fencing, pastures, nutrition, breeding, birthing, tax benefits, and marketing luxurious fiber. Find out how to start your own alpaca ranch.

This is a family friendly event, so bring the kids to see the new alpaca and llama babies.

Contact 1: Virginia Lyons
Email: 
Website: http://www.ableoaks.com/events.html
Phone: 903-530-1009

The Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association is excited to present National Alpaca Farm Days September 25-26, 2010.

We hope you will have the opportunity to visit a farm to learn about alpacas and meet people living this satisfying and rewarding lifestyle. Every farm has their unique style of welcoming and educating visitors. You won’t want to miss this experience!

Many AOBA members are participating and will be open for visitors. Check the website for days and hours open.

We welcome you to take part in the excitement of this special weekend in September!

Contact 1: AOBA
Email: 
Website: www.nationalalpacafarmdays.com
Phone: 615-834-4195

Visit one of the most beautiful farms in Bucks County PA and learn more about alpacas. This farm is situated on 17 acres and is the home to over 30 alpacas in every color from black to white. Our alpacas are exceptionally friendly and LOVE to have carrot slices as treats! We will also have a wide variety of alpaca products for sale, from sweaters, hats, scarves, mittens, socks and yarn made from our alpaca fiber!

Contact 1: Bill & Lori Oraschin
Email: 
Website: www.harleyhillfarm.com
Phone: 215-536-2841

Come see lots of alpacas from all over the state of Virginia (over 20 farms) and talk with their owners in ONE location!

4H will be highlighted as an alpaca display at the Young McDonald’s Barn.

New this year: Fiber Arts Display in the Arts & Craft building and Alpaca Fashion Show on 9/26. The Virginia Alpaca Industry is also highlighted in the GREEN BUILDING – promoting alpaca as the eco friendly livestock and sustainable agriculture.

Contact 1: Teri Phipps
Email: 
Website: www.fireweedalpacas.com
Phone: (804) 556-2526

Come join the fun! Alpaca Heritage Events will be holding its 10th Annual Alpaca Heritage Days at Terhune Orchards in Princeton, NJ and will offer private treaty huacaya and suri alpaca sales in addition to locally produced alpaca fiber, yarn and apparel! Free admission and free seminars! For additional information, please visit us at www.AlpacaHeritage.com.

Contact 1: Sally Stacy
Email: 
Website: www.AlpacaHeritage.com
Phone: 908-238-1375

Contact 2: Ingrid Wood
Email: 
Website: www.AlpacaHeritage.com
Phone: 609-261-0696

Magical Farms of Litchfield, Ohio will be hosting the 2010 BREEDER'S CHOICE ALPACA AUCTION where we will be offering some of our finest alpacas for auction in this amazing sale and educational event. If you are an established breeder looking to upgrade your herd, or just beginning and you want to start at the top, this is an auction that you simply will NOT want to miss.

Contact 1: Tripp or Ty Forstner
Email: 
Website: www.alpacafarm.com
Phone: 330-667-3233

Join us rain or shine for “Alpacas 101: Intro To Raising Alpacas” and Open House Event at Pronkers Suri Resort in Pittstown, NJ. Meet both suri and huacaya alpacas, take a tour of an alpaca farm, and visit with alpaca breeders. Kick off your holiday shopping by stocking up on alpaca fiber, alpaca yarns and apparel! Seminar presented by alpaca breeders Ingrid Wood, Jerry Braatz and Sally Stacy. Free Admission! Visit www.AlpacaHeritage.com for more information.

Contact 1: Sally Stacy
Email: 
Website: www.AlpacaHeritage.com
Phone: 908-238-1375

Contact 2: Ingrid Wood
Email: 
Website: www.AlpacaHeritage.com
Phone: 609-261-0696

Dr Cheryl DeWitt's
Camelid Neonatal Clinic

October 16, 2010 (Saturday 8:00am check in with the class starting at 8:30am until approx. 4:00pm)

At the Holiday Inn Express located at 48953 Alpha Drive in Wixom, MI., 48393

You are fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from one of the most respected camelid vets in the USA. Dr Cheryl DeWitt will be coming to Milford Michigan to present her Neonatal Clinic to prepare you for the upcoming breeding/birthing season.

Contact 1: Linda Lundstrom
Email: 
Phone: 248-685-0403

Contact 2: Roy Parks
Email: 
Phone: 248-808-3501

This Seminar is for anyone who has considered getting into the alpaca business. There will be 2 seminars. In the morning, learn how to choose a herdsire, Male behavior, Female behavior. This will be a "hands on" seminar. Then be sure to stay for the complimentary lunch and seminar # 2 "TAX ADVANTAGES OF RAISING ALPACAS". This seminar will show you the great agricultural tax laws which will help get you tax refunds while raising alpacas!

Contact 1: Bill & Lori Oraschin
Email: 
Website: www.harleyhillfarm.com
Phone: 215-536-2841

October 16-17th. Please join the Alpaca Ranches of South Central Texas for an informational seminar on the Alpaca industry. You've seen them on commercials. Now come and learn about the alpaca business with experienced ranchers. The seminar will include these topics;
How to get started,
The value of the alpaca fiber,
Tax benefits for raising alpacas,
Ranch set up for alpacas,
Business plan info.

Contact 1: Kevin and Krista Duggan
Email: 
Website: www.aceintheholeranch.com
Phone: 281-468-6914

Contact 2: Blubonnet Hills Alpaca Ranch
Email: 
Website: bbhalpacas.com
Phone: 979-826-9931

Join us for the Ninth Annual Northern Illinois Alpaca Extravaganza at the Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL on October 23-24, 2010. Everything is under one roof- halter and fleece shows, vendors, food and seminars.

Contact 1: Jim Morgan
Email: 
Website: www.j4alpacas.com
Phone: 815-759-0247

Contact 2: Ray Rodriguez
Email: 
Website: www.lerasofarm.com
Phone: 847-279-8850

Join us for our Huacaya & Suri alpaca auction on October 30th. Enjoy educational seminars and socializing, as people from all over the US come to see the elite selection of alpacas offered for sale. With outstanding bloodlines, Championship banners and free breedings for all maiden females, this sale offers the genetics to thrive, not just survive!

Contact 1: Stachowski Alpacas, LLC
Email: 
Website: www.PeruvianClassicSale.com
Phone: 330-274-0280

COME AND MEET THE ALPACAS AND START YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING. ALPACA PRODUCTS FOR SALE. STOP BY AND STOCK UP ON OUR ALL-NATURAL ALPACA SCARVES, SOCKS, HATS, AND VARIOUS CHILDREN'S ITEMS. YARN FOR KNITTERS, FIBER AND ROVING FOR CRAFTERS. FARM TOURS, AND ALWAYS ALPACAS FOR SALE. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO OUR WEBSITE, www.cedarlanealpacas.com.

Contact 1: DIANN MELLOTT
Email: 
Website: www.cedarlanealpacas.com
Phone: 732-938-4185

Join us for Alpaca Heritage Events’ "Alpaca Holiday Sale" at Jersey Breeders LLC in Tabernacle NJ. Shop for the holidays and load up on all your favorite alpaca garments, yarns, fiber and maybe even an alpaca or two! This event promotes animals and products sales from local alpaca breeders and caters to everyone from luxury apparel shoppers to fiber artists to breeders both new and established in the business. For additional information, please visit www.AlpacaHeritage.com.

Contact 1: Jerry Braatz
Email: 
Website: www.AlpacaHeritage.com
Phone: 609-268-8656

Contact 2: Ingrid Wood
Email: 
Website: www.AlpacaHeritage.com
Phone: 609-261-0696

Steeple View Alpacas will be open every weekend starting Nov 27th through Dec 19th from 10-4 for your shopping pleasure. Come join us at this festive time of year and meet the Alpacas. Bring your camera and take pictures of the family with an alpaca next to a Christmas Tree. Enjoy some hot cocoa and shop for unique alpaca made products and gifts in our beautifully decorated Christmas Store. Visit our website for more information.

Contact 1: Tammy & Brad Jacobs
Email: 
Website: www.steepleviewalpacas.com
Phone: 610-248-1002