[AlpacaTalk] Re: Female fiber/pet animals wanted

Robert and Tina; I wish to join the other careing members of this
group in apologizing for appearing to be hostile.

I say again, You know that you are caring and honest, You know that
you will treat all you animals well has you have proved in the past.
But, you are not in control of the future. You cannot control what
will happen to the alpacas that you are buying if something should
go wrong.
I beleive that your motives are honest, but I must continue to watch
over my alpacas that I consider a gift of God.
I tried to make a point and apoloize by telling about my lame female
alpaca that I cannot give away because she can still be bred, but my
vet and I think that she should not be bred anymore.
I will try to explain in detail just why I will not, and most
responsible alpaca owners will not sell a breeding female to you and
beleive your statement that you do not intend to breed her.
Suppose I gave you my pet, and I mean gentle pet female who has very
good fiber and a lame leg.
Then you had financial reverses and had to leave your farm and sell
or give away all you animals.
Almost any new owner of my lame female could consult with many vets
who would say that she is healthy enough for breeding, in fact
a vet and alpaca owner has told me that she is healthy enough for
breeding.
Now the scenario unfolds to find the new owenr of my lame dam in
control.
They decide to breed her and she has three more prize crias, then
they decide to sell her to a start up know nothing farm and she has
three more crias.
When does the cruelty (IMHO) stop??

Now, I think that you should stop feeling hurt and thank all the
honest careing people in this group for a lesson learned.

Elwin Bagley
www.windyhillalpacafarm.com

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Raritan Way Farm
<llama20042004@y...> wrote:
>
> My husband and I are honest folks. We are both from farm familes
and come from families where a handshake and your word was all that
was needed. So you see we are well aware all the care animals
require.
>
> Recently we had a premature lamb born that was going to need
more care than we could provide for her. We drove 200 miles down
and 200 miles back to take her to a lady who raises baby lambs so
she would have a greater chance of survival. We didn't make a dime
on her. absolutely nothing. But it didn't matter she needed to be
cared for. This was on a Sunday night and we both had to be up for
work early Monday morning. Alot of people would have just let her
die. So you see my husband and I are caring devoted animal people.
>
>
>
> Radched@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 12/18/2005 3:07:42 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> llama20042004@y... writes:
> I do not understand your motives for being hostile towards perhaps
a future
> client.
> I do have the money to invest in other "big money" alpacas
should we choose
> too.
> Too bad you will never know if you could have been the person we
purchased
> them from.
> I don't think anyone was trying to be hostile or make you feel
unwelcome. I
> have heard in the past that people have persued non-registered (or
Canadian
> registered) females with the intent of breeding them and
registering the crias
> so they can sell them for the market value. It can't be done with
ARI - the
> registry is closed. Canada does have a "breed up" program where
you can bred an
> unregistered female with a registered male, and eventually get the
future
> offspring to be 15/16th "pure" and then they are registerable with
their
> registry. We just want to make sure that is clear, not
necessarily aimed at you, but
> at anyone who might try to do it in the future.
>
> Heidi Christensen
> Graham WA
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