Kaisho

Kaisho is on her way today to Belgium.
She will be the Only Progeny of Coolaroo Rialto in Europe.
Any enquiries can be directed to Yvonne Stienlet. on Alpacalandgoed

PERUVIAN SIRE JOLIMONT OMERO Unreg. Imported (Imp. Peru) Solid White PERUVIAN DAM Sire: JOLIMONT PATCHE Solid White JOLIMONT MAESTRO Unreg. Imported (Imp. Peru) Solid White JOLIMONT ISA Solid White JOLIMONT OLIVIA Unreg. Imported (Imp. Peru) Solid White Animal: MARIAH HILL ALEXIS Solid White PERUVIAN SIRE SHANBROOKE PERUVIAN SIGNATURE Unreg. Imported (Imp. Peru) Solid Light Fawn PERUVIAN DAM Dam: MORNING BRAE PERUVIAN SEABREEZE Solid White PERUVIAN SIRE JOLIMONT GEMMA 2 Unreg. Imported (Imp. Peru) Solid White PERUVIAN DAM PURRUMBETE HIGHLANDER Foundation Animal (Imp. Chile) Solid White
	CHILEAN DAM
	JOLIMONT SCULPTOR Unreg. Imported (Imp. Peru) Solid White
ANDEAN PARK PALOMA White
	JOLIMONT PARMA Unreg. Imported (Imp. Peru) Solid White
	PURRUMBETE HIGHLANDER Foundation Animal (Imp. Chile) Solid White
PURRUMBETE MINDEROO Solid Medium Fawn
	PURRUMBETE FLAMINGO GOLD Foundation Animal (Imp. Chile) Solid Medium Fawn
	PURRUMBETE EL DORADO Foundation Animal (Imp. Chile) Solid Medium Fawn
COOLAROO PJS SILHOUETTE Medium Fawn
	COOLAROO HALCYON Unreg. Imported (Imp. Chile) White

Boer Goats

Well i have had a fast learning curve in Boer Goats and some of the main players in the industry, as i quote out on some small shipments starting to flow through.
The Boer Goats seem to be a very flourishing Industry.
Every breeder i have called in to see have been extremely helpful, and informative.
looking forward to exporting these guys and assisting the boer goat industry also

Alpacas for China

Alpacas were favourite on the catwork in 2007, and since alpacas have given China a great opportunity to do research on the final product.
We are planing a future shipment in China, by the end of the Year. this will be a huge boost for the Australian Alpaca, as we start to generate the Chinese interest.

How important is Vitamin D to an Alpaca

Three Girls were delivered here from a nearby farm. I was asked by the owner to bring them up to scratch, there were problems, as the carer or agistor of the alpacas did not like to give injections, so i was told. This is the third lot of alpacas owned by the same owner, and from the same agisted farm, that has been sent over to us to try and get weight put on them and to correct any problems with the alpacas.

The only reason we take on the alpacas is for the alpacas sake.

no animal should be left to fend for itself.If you take on looking after other people's animals, you also take on the responsibility to care and maintain them, especially if you are being paid to look after them.

The pictures of these alpacas you can see after having a couple of years of no maintenance of worming and Vitamins. Each of these alpacas I was told were champions. I will leave it to you to decide. But after 6 months of treatments, we did correct the legs considerably, and got the weight on the girls that needed. It takes a lot of work ot correct, and money, but it is all unnecessary, and unfair on the alpacas. The alpacas should be cared for properly in the first place, and should not get to this stage. You wonder if the Owner worked out that the problem was with the farm the girls and his others were agisted at, and not the animals. Obviously he did not, as when the girls legs were corrected, and the hair grew back on her legs, where the legs were mite infested, the alpacas went back to the agisted farm!!!!!!!

ALPACAS IN NZ QUARANTINE FOR EUROPE

WOW, THE ALPACAS HAVE ENTERED QUARANTINE IN NEW ZEALAND AS THEIR LAST LEG TO EUROPE.
A SMAL GROUP OF GIRLS HERE ENJOYING 5 STAR TREATMENT

An alternative for European Importers for alpacas

Beautiful floral gardens, carved totem poles, and huge jade carvings greet you on arrival at Vancouver airport.

There are two ways to Heathrow, Via Luxembourg, and the other option now available to us for the English clients is through Canada.

This gives you two options to choose from, which offers you a direct flight from Canada to Heathrow, no stopping elsewhere or unloading.

Same time through to UK, and a different approach to exporting to UK.

European Breeders that land in Luxembourg still need to go through NZ.

Flight route travelled by Alpacas.

Alpacas exported from Australia have to spend 6 months in a third country if they are destined for Europe or England.

This is a current arrangement made with the EU, and currently we have no option but to comply.

Once the alpacas have completed 6 months in New Zealand, be it in the North Island or South Island, then they are travelled to Auckland International airport, and then to Luxembourg, with a 1.1/4 hour stopover for refuelling at los angeles.

The alpacas are not offloaded there, they are on the aircraft the whole time, with ventiliation confirmed for all flights with livestock on board.

They then arrive at Luxembourg airport.

The alpacas are then checked, and as there is a night flight arrival, coming in around 10 pm, the alpacas are offloaded to a heated holding covered shed until the next morning, where they are fed and watered.

The next morning the Government vets check the paperwork and load, and then the alpaas are given permission to be dispersed to their owners.

Over 1000 baby alpacas have been born at Mariah Hill Alpacas.

When Rob & I first got into alpacas, like any other young couple starting a new venture, we sat and wondered what the future would being.

Sitting on our 1 3/4 acre block in Hastings, we had just bought home our first 3 alpacas, 2 pregnant females and a young male, Ziggy. Like any other couple would sit there and wonder.

Wouldn't it be wonderful, to one day own 20 alpacas, or even 50.

Before long we owned 6 alpacas, well we thought we were wonderful, and we were at that stage considered a large herd in Australia, Alpacas had only been in the country 3 years, and there were only around 300 alpacas in australia, so 6 was a big herd, especially on our 1 3/4 acres.

19 years later, we have had 1050 babies born on our farm, we have moved 3 times, and now at our final location at Mt Ararat, Nar nar Goon.

Originally was the largest farm in Victoria in 1851 when Victoria was separated from NSW.

Mount Ararat Run No 1, was what it was then known as, over 2000 acres, from here to DErouin.

The stories this property can tell.

and the story is not over yet, we have many plans, and our daughter Elyse to take them on.

Thanks Tannis & Family, Thanks Canada Alpaca breeders

Thanks to Tannis & Cornie, and her family, for showing us your model Alpaca Farm. Congratulations on your achievements. It took guts to import this first lot of alpacas, and i take my hat off to you. Thanks also to Dan & Michelle, we love you both, Kelly, Donny and his wife, denise and her husband, and many more, i cannot remeber their names. Thanks for taking us into your homes, to your shows, and into your world.

loading alpacas at airport pt 2

As you will see, we first inspect the crate when we arrive before the alpacas are loaded, we check to make sure it is made right, and that there are no sharp objects in the crate.

Our freight forwarder, also assists in checking the crate, and he is very efficient. The we place side boundaries up so that the alpacas will just jump into the crate, and remove avenues for escape.

it is snowing in Belgium-Alpacas

Yvonne tells me they are receiving their first snow for the season.

Primera and Dakota look s though they have settled in, and enjoying the life in Laakdat, Belgium

But who wouldn't enjoy the fabulous facilities at ALpacalandgoed, in Belgium.

It certainly looks like a winter wonderland.

Yvonne and Olivier, are proud of their alpaca stud, in Belgium,