Re: [AlpacaTalk] spots
i also have a dark rose gray / silver gray male who's spots card into the most amazing colors - but i didn't realize a judge could penalize for spots on the blanket - it's hard keeping up with what's "in" and what isn't - and it feels like there's some subjectivity involved -
Wendy
DreamWeaver Alpacas
BC
----- Original Message -----
From: Heather Zeleny
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] spots
Hi Wendy,
After much discussion and disparaging of spots on alpacas, it was
determined to be a non-issue. There was a "wandering spot" theory,
which some, like Safley and Ian Watt claimed that if you have a spot on
an extremity (head or feet) it could turn up in the blanket, and
increase the chance of the dreaded "color contamination.
With greys, there is much more latitude, but it is still preferred that
the grey be a uniform color or shade, with no spots of solids or
different shades or values or what have you. I don't see what the
problem is, I have a rose grey boy with solid maroon starting halfway
down his blanket, and he has spots of fawn, brown, white, and maroon in
his blanket. I used to call him a "Dark Rose Grey Fancy Pinto
Appaloosa." During processing, that colors are all blended and
depending on the amount of blending, you will get a uniform blended
heathered yarn, or with less blending, you'd get a nice tweedy yarn.
So what's the problem? In the end, it was just a way to make some
otherwise very nice animals worth less than the ones owned by "the ones
who make the rules." Or so it seemed. It is prohibited to penalize for
spots that do not occur in the blanket, and for greys they aren't
judged on uniformity of color, so that shouldn't be penalized, either.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Creswell, OR
541.895.0964
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
http://www.whitelot
http://tech.
On Nov 19, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Wendy Edwards wrote:
> hi - what is the issue about spots on an alpaca? Heather mentioned it
> and aroused my curiosity - one of my favourite girls has spots - she's
> beautiful and i can card four different colors from her: black, silver
> gray, rose gray and steel gray. Everyone who sees her picks her out of
> the herd and comments on how pretty she is
>
> is this spot thing a trend? Or is there a real breeding problem? I am
> breeding her this spring to our solid color, full Bolivian male,
> mainly because of his bloodlines, not his color.
> Wendy
> DreamWeaver Alpacas
> BC
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