We have neglected the blog for the summer. Sorry, but the time just got away and the summer was really busy at the
ranch.
Lisa opened a store in downtown Sandpoint, Idaho--Pedro's on the Bridge-- featuring natural fiber fashions, gifts, home furnishings (like alpaca comforters and pillows) and antiques. Her gorgeous store is in the historic, unique Cedar Street Bridge Public Market at 334 N. 1st Avenue, Sandpoint, ID 83864. Telephone (208) 263-6200.
Here is a photo of the store window. We are changing her website from an online store to a catalogue from which one can order by e-mail, phone or fax. That will take awhile, but here is the web address:
http://www.pedrospride.com/ or
http://www.pedrosonthebridge.com/ .
[notice the wooden "rocking alpaca" out front]
Below are some baby photos from this summer's
crias and a photo of award-winner,
Paloma:
Savannah of Pend Oreille:
Sire, multiple-champion
Kaspa. Dam,
Patagonia's Sage. Savannah's fleece is so rich and soft, that in sunlight it looks like thick velvet, inviting you to touch it. She is a sweetheart with fantastic conformation and a personality bringing together curiosity and confidence. All of this in a beautiful package.
Our latest cria is spectacular. He is ten days old in this photo from Aug 23rd and already has a herdsire's confident attitude. We call him
Striker for now (we need a permanent name) because he has a pattern on his left front leg which is the shape of a lightning bolt (look carefully and you can see it here).
Striker represents a major step in the breeding plan at
Pedro's Pride Ranch, combining the dense, crimpy fleece of Pedro Armendariz's award-winning daughter
Lilly and Alpacas de la Pagagonia's famous rose gray herdsire,
Kaspa. The results are wonderful and we are thrilled with the outcome of our planning.
Many thanks to Karen and Hugo at Alpacas de la Patagonia in Washington for all of their help and counsel.
Leila's Mischief of Pend Oreille is a fantastic, rowdy boy with dense fleece and crimp so tight it is ringlets. We call him
Corky because he is so friendly, active and energetic it is as if he is wound up like a corkscrew. His sire,
Pedro Armendariz is well-known for density and his dam,
Leila has won several fleece shows with tight crimpy, briliant white fleece. Corky got both traits, plus a brown spot on his right shoulder and a wonderful, fun personality. He, like Striker, was born with "attitude."
Pepper of Pend Oreille is a gorgeous true black cria. She is perfect size and has the softest fleece we have ever felt. This soft fleece is a trait passed on from her dam,
Patagonia's Cilantro. Her rich, dense fleece is so black that in direct sunlight it looks navy blue. Her sire,
Patagonia's Guevara is a stately, tall, true black male. Watch a short
video of Pepper's first 48 hours.
Pepper's grandsire is the famous herdsire from Alpacas de la Patagonia, Neruda who recently sold at auction for $205,000. Pepper shares those fine traits.
Paloma of Pend Oreille took first in her class at the Pacific Northwest Alpaca Showcase in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at the end of April 2007. Paloma was the youngest yearling in a big class. She also took second behind a much older, larger brown female in the Bred and Owned Yearling Female class. Here is a photo of Paloma at that show. Her next show will be Alpaca Affaire in September.
Sire: Pedro Armendariz, well-known for brilliant white, extremely dense fleece. He shears 12 lbs per year.
Dam:
Leila, who has won several awards for her crimpy fleece.
SPECIAL BREEDING OPPORTUNITY: We still have four slots available to breed your female with
Kenai of Pend Oreille for only $900. His normal fee is $2500. He has now bred with Cilantro, Sage, Lois and some outside females. All have been confirmed pregnant by ultrasound. Call or e-mail pedrospride@hughes.net for details and to make an appointment. Pregnancy guaranteed.
Kenai is the son of
Premier's Absolute, who sold in 2006 auction for $150,000.00. His dam is Dark Silver Gray and his sire,
Absolute, is Medium Silver Gray and White.
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We are asking for some baby pictures from other alpaca ranches to post on the blog. Send yours to
pedrospride@hughes.net and we will put them up a soon as we can. Watch for them soon on this blog. And, we will do better keeping this current. Promise........
lpacas.com/ 208-255-4935
