Congratulations!
San Angelo Llama Show 2022 Results:
San Angelo Llama Show 2022 Results:
San Angelo Llama Show 2022 Results:
-GNLC Vigilantes Midnight Ryder 1st place yearling heavy wool male -SMS Pearly Brown 2nd place light wool females
-RoxyWoods Calamity Jane 2nd place medium wool 2 yr old female (beat out by DSLR Cornerstones Ember who also took Grand) -Marquis’ Silhouette CTW 1st place medium wool yearling female -DSLR Versaces Katja 2nd place medium wool yearling female
-LUA Sebastian’s Blessing 1st place in heavy wool female juve & GRAND in heavy wool females (her first show & first 3 days of weening just 8 mo old!) Tami Lash & Lloyd we are so proud of Blessing
-DSLR Prides Heartbreaker (aka Miss Diva) 1st place in heavy wool female yearling!
Huge thank you to all who made this show possible! It’s a lot of work with very little appreciation but Susan Botean Leslie & Anna did an outstanding job and we appreciated all you two did!
GNLC Vigilantes Midnight Ryder
San Angelo Llama Show 2022 Results:
San Angelo Llama Show 2022 Results:
1stPlace Yearling Heavy Wool Male
Dear llama owners, (Past, Present and Future),
If you got a llama from me…. I loved them first.
I thought about and planned for them years before you may have even realized you wanted to own, love, and raise one.
I have worried about your future together before you knew there would ever be a future.
I researched the bloodlines of the parents of your llama.
There were hours upon hours spent…Going over lines with trusted fellow breeders, scrutinizing my Dam and potential Sire and tracing their lines back as far as I could. I gained knowledge not only for myself, but so that I was prepared to go over every detail with you. I wanted to be able to answer the questions that you may not even know to ask yet.
I Watched your cria’s parents grow, loving and enjoying them as part of my family. As we trained them and socialized them, I watched how they matured. I scrutinized their conformation, how they moved, and assessed their temperament….
When I decided on a pairing and finally put your crias parents together, for the next eleven and a half months I worried, I obsessed, and I grew excited. I watched your crias mom like a hawk making sure my expectant mother was ok. I monitored her diet better than I do my own. I carefully made sure she was getting enough of the right nutrients and that your growing cria was getting the best start possible. I spent hours in the barn and the pastures, on the couch, floor, and bed monitoring my cameras watching her tummy grow and anxiously waiting. Many months into her pregnancy I was, at last, able to lay my hands on her belly and feel the first movements of your cria. As the time grew close I spent most nights in the nursery paddock and barn comforting and reassuring her. I wanted to make sure she didn’t go into labor without me knowing. And in case something went wrong and one of our llamas needed help I had veterinarians phone numbers and alternate phone numbers at the ready.
When the cria was born, and for the first 36 hours of its life I was there. I dedicated myself to the health and well-being of your cria and its Mom. I watched them and made sure I was doing everything possible to ensure it started its life the right way. I painstakingly made sure it was getting enough to milk, was warm, and got enough socialization time. In some cases the cria was medicated. They all received necessary immunizations and were given vitamin supplements. I was probably there and the first person they saw when they opened their eyes. I kept them safe, and prepared them for the day they would transition to your farm.
When you and I first talked about llamas, I tried to read your character as we spoke.
Would you love this special creature as much as I do?
Would you love them, care forever them, and make them a part of your family?
The day you took your new baby home was harder than I'd ever let on. I was excited for you but I was also terrified. Had I chosen correctly?
My love and worry did not end there. I thought about your baby regularly, concerned when I didn't get updates and ecstatic when I did. I hoped you were caring for your llama the way I care for mine. I answered your questions happily and answered them again just as happily if asked once more.
I loved your llama first, and I will never stop.
- Original Author: Heather Andelin
- ReWritten by: Sonya Salisbury
