Congratulations Myles--Your New Llama

We just brought home Princess Pumpernickle. She is a Llama who is now trying to figure out what an alpaca is as she and the 17 alpacas have a stare down from opposite sides of their pasture.

This fine-looking girl is a gift to our college-student son, Myles, who plans to re-name her. Good idea, I think.

Ms. P is from Susan Sasher's Llama Rescue in North Idaho. Susan has some other really nice females up for adoption. Send us an e-mail at pedrospride@hughes.net and we will put you in touch with her.

I was all nervous about this move since I have no Llama experience and they are so big compared to an Alpaca. Don and Renee' Bluhm, Spitting in the Wind Llama Ranch near us, gave us a pep talk and some sound advice and the delivery of Ms. P went flawlessly. I walked up to her in the pasture at Susan's, offered a small treat and put my arm around her neck. Simple as that.

Incidentally, Lisa bought some gorgeous gray and also black rovings from Renee'. We had no idea Llama fleece could be so fine and so lustrous. If you are interested in some, send Lisa an e-mail at pedrospride@hughes.net and she can put you in touch.


We are hoping that this Llama will provide herd protection from coyotes and dogs. Not long ago we saw a "coyote" who looked so big and healthy our thought was Wolf! Maybe it was. Fortunately, we have not had a problem, but decided to take some more precautions before we do. We have good fencing, motion-dector lights and on one side we have two strands of electric fence. The entire pasture area also has a strand of barbed wire hard against the ground on the outside of the fence posts to prevent digging under.


We are getting close to the holidays and Lisa just got a new shipment of fabulous products in from Peru. She now has a neat small blanket made of baby alpaca and silk which is a perfect doggie blanket for that special small pet (doesn't have to be a dog) who deserves the finest. Seriously, these are neat little pet blankets and our Chihuahua loves his.

Sweaters! Lisa just received some 100 % Alpaca sweaters, hand-made in Peru. Some are crew neck, some are hooded with zipper and pockets. All are fantastic and she is running a great sale price. You also can e-mail pedrospride@hughes.net or fax (208) 263-0326.