Premier's Absolute Sold!

Premier's Absolute, one of the currently most famous herdsires, was sold at the 2006 Futurity for $150,000.00. According to the former owners, the average selling price for Absolute's 2005 female offspring was over $40,000.00.




Pedro's Pride Ranch is proud to introduce you to 007's Kenai, the son of Premier's Absolute.

Kenai's photo at 10-months of age----

Kenai's Sire:
Absolute is Medium Rose Gray

Kenai's Dam: Mocha Caramella, from the Bolivian Mocha line. She is Dark Rose Gray and placed First at both Alpacapalooza 2002 and 2003 fleece shows, the only two times her fleece was entered in any show.

Our plan is to place Kenai in Service in 2007. He first will be bred to Patagonia's Lucky Charm, owned by Pedro's Pride Ranch, who is current pregnant from Kaspa, the 2003 AOBA grey champion. Her sire, Rickson G. is a rosegrey.














Then, he will be bred with Pedro's Pride Ranch's Patagonia's Cilantro. Then, his services will be available to other ranches. Cilantro is black with a white face and white socks.

Her sire, Neruda, is a Gray and one of his offspring sold at auction recently at 10-months of age for $80,000.00.












The offspring of these breedings will be for sale in 2007-2008.

As an introduction, we offer Absolute's son, Kenai, at $1500.00 breeding fee for the first five breedings. After that, the stud fee will be going up. Make reservations early for this great opportunity to profit from the Premier's Absolute bloodline. This offers unbelievable opportunities and we want it to benefit the smaller Alpaca ranches in our area.

How's that for crass commercialization? We wish you all the best and remind you that Lisa has some great deals on Alpaca Products.

Please note also that Pedro's Pride Ranch and Pedro's Pride Fashions storefront are now at Alpaca Nation. URL www.alpacanation.com/pedrospride.asp

Cria Photos

I have been receiving some Emailed cria photos. Everybody likes baby pictures, so here are some. What a great time of year.

Susan Sasher sent another Llama cria photo. She also wants to pass on to all that she has some friendly Llamas available who are rescued animals she said are excellent guards. She said they will keep dogs out of your pasture. If you are interested, send an email to pedrospride@hughes.net and I'll get you together with Susan.

This youngster's name is Prince Twig N' Berry.

















Kathy and Rick Tinkham sent this photo of Mandalay, a sweet-looking black cria. Tinkham's ranch is Red Roof Ranch Alpacas at Cadiz, Kentucky. Mandalay had a similar problem as our girl Paloma with her mom not allowing her to nurse as long as she needed. Kathy and Rick worked through it and Kathy emailed today that the cria is doing great.

Kathy, thanks for sharing the baby picture.









Here's one that is a bit different for our AlpacaInfo blog-- A Llama cria. Susan Sasher or Athol, Idaho has been rescuing Llamas and this Spring she is getting a bonus with some beautiful crias. We owe Susan and people like her a lot of gratitude for the selfless work they do in rescuing animals and giving them the care and nurturing they need. Thanks, Susan. He's a gorgeous little guy.






Robyn Kuhl at From the Heart Ranch, Sandpoint, ID, sent this one. She was really busy with shearing and fleece sorting for other ranches, that I was not able to learn this little one's name or gender.












By the way, Pedro's Pride Ranch females, Lola and Lilly, will be bred with Robyn's outstanding male, Bianco Massimo, in a month or so. Our belief is that the two girls' near-perfect conformation, dense fleece and fine crimp will be a great match for Blanco's crimp and long staple. We'll keep you posted on that.


Sandy Sanders, owner of Yakima River Alpacas, is in the birthing season and she sent this photo of Margaritaville and her 2006 cria. What a cutie! congratulations Sandy. [I couldn't get the image any bigger, sorry].


Yakima River Alpacas has some award-winning animals and this ranch in eastern Washington is a delight to visit. The Sanders are great people to chat with and always seem positive and interesting.





Brenda Trammel at Enchanted Acres Ranch sent this photo of her newborn, Suri Alpaca cria. His name is Kodiak. In one day, 45 alpacas were sheared at Brenda's place last month. Wow! If you are interested in seeing Alpacas, or learning more about them, a stop at Enchanted Acres Ranch in Benton City, Washington is a must. And, you could combine that with a visit to Yakima River Alpacas, which is near by.











Brenda just e-mailed two more photos. This is the new bottle baby, Tootsie, a suri Alpaca.

Here is Britt with Tootsie:
















Jeff Bottle Feeding Tootsie






From Pedro's Pride Ranch, Sagle, Idaho, comes this photo of 2006 crias, Paloma and Pablo. Note that they are standing in almost exactly the same position.



Their sire, Pedro Armanderiz, runs the place and keeps everyone in line. This shearing, he produced 12 pounds or gorgeous white fleece, nearly the same weight as his 2005 fleece, which took First Place in the 2006 AWE Spin Off and Third at Alpacapalooza 2006 Spin Off. These two crias are further proof that Pedro passes on his unusually dense, lustrous fleece to his offspring.

Pablo and Paloma's mother are sisters and they have the same dad. Does that mean they are sisters and cousins at the same time? They are almost twins genetically.



And, for those of you who support this blog--especially Pedro's Pride Fashions (Alpaca Products), Yakima River Alpacas, Enchanted Acres Ranch and Pedro's Pride Ranch--I wanted to pass on that I got an Email today from a man in Moorehead, Minnesota. He commented on our cria Paloma and how well she seemed to be doing. I asked him how he knew about that and he said he reads this blog. Interesting, huh? Thanks, for your support.

Please contact your Senator and Congressal Representative to fight against the new Internet bills that will place all of us small businesses at a disadvantage. Our freedom to use the Internet is under attack. Congress is being bombarded with millions of dollars worth of lobbying, allowing the big telecom companies to write a new bill that protects their profits at our expense. Thanks.

Enjoy this wonderful Spring.

Ken & Lisa Larson

Ruanas and Fleeces

Lisa has changed her website a bit at www.pedrospride.com . For one thing, they have added another color to the fabulous ruanas. The ruana is a fantastic wrap, similar to a shawl, but shaped to fit your neck and stay on more comfortably. Here is the new color chart. And, remember that Pedro's Pride Fashions sells alpaca products, including the ruanas, wholesale to ranch stores.

Thirty-four great colors. Ruanas are made from 70 % Baby Alpaca and 30 % natural Silk. Imported from Peru.

And, speaking of fiber, our male Pedro's sheared fleece weighed in at 12 pounds. Carrie Hull said she wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't seen it. In fact, she did his shearing. And, she did a great job. A little Rescue Remedy helped the big boy calm a bit, as well. His fleece is dense and this trait has been passed on to his four offspring. He had a good week, too. He bred twice. Next week, he will be doing the same. What a guy!

Pedro tells me to be very lenient on negotiating his stud fees--I'm sure he would offer himself for free. His employees (Lisa and me), however, need to pay for his feed, so we need some money for his services, but we are quite willing to trade or negotiate some great deals.

All our best,

Ken Larson,

Pedro's Pride Ranch