Re: [AlpacaTalk] Question about money

In a message dated 1/30/2006 8:13:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
myalpacapride@yahoo.com writes:

IMHO alpaca farming is a way of life, much like a doctor or nurse where
you're always on call. You can't clock out at the end of the day.

Marianne,

That's EXCELLENT! BUT if it's my husband's 'job' how long till he can
actually quit the full time job and have the farm as his full time job? I already
have one. I'm a mom to 2 very little ones, and due in 1 month with #3.
Sooooooo....is it his 40 to 50 hours job plus then the rest of the waking hours
with the business? OR, the big question of the day...does it ever become HIS
full time job?

Is raising alpacas NOT for families with small children?

We're not looking for the easy way out. I hope I never left anyone with
that impression. In many many ways, it would be much harder to farm, as we are
very well aware. What he's looking for is really a full time job that he can
do and involve his children, work in his own time (NOT talking about animal
care, but more about marketing stuff) and run his own life. Yes, I want
involvement myself, mainly because I am a die hard animal person. BUT I don't
have the stamina for any type of business. I'll go out and play with the
animals and enjoy the therapy they provide. I'll do my kind of research which
would be genetics mainly. I will talk with people and take phone calls as time
permits.

The problem is that we don't come into this independently wealthy,
sooooooooooo there's a paradigm shift. And what our current stage of research has
brought us to seems to be the 'when and how' of that shift. AND is it really
possible.

Thanks,
Suzanne

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