Re: [AlpacaTalk] Dogs? Coyotes? killed my only 3 females alpacas left
Thank you so much Dennis. You don't know what it means to me to have all of your thoughts and best wishes. And it really moves me that you would like to help with donations. I hope my insurance will pay, but like I said they are trying there best not to because they have had to pay for my other 3 girls I lost the last 2 years. I really want to buy a couple of new girls, but I am scared that I will only get someone else's problems like I did the first go around. And that is the reason my husband is so leery about buying more, besides not having the finances. We own a small business and it has really been hit hard by the economy. If anyone has any girls that are young and bred, please let me know. I hope with all of my heart that I can buy a couple more girls. It was so heartbreaking going back to the barn today. I also woke up this morning and realized what had happened and cryed because for a few hours I forgot. Thank you everyone for understanding and God Bless.
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From: Dennis Parker <denniswparker@
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:15 pm
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Dogs? Coyotes? killed my only 3 females alpacas left
This hits real close to home, Wendy.?I am so very sorry for your loss. I tend to agree with the rest that it was likely dogs. We recently had a "near miss" with 3 pit bulls getting to our whole herd. They were happened to be confined for a few days while we prepared to move and the structures taken down by the snow were unavailable. They weren't completely trapped in the barn, but the outside field they had access to did not provide much in the way of protection by running it was so small. The 3 pit bulls tore up the barn door trying to get in, but didn't get through fortunately. My border collie was trapped in his kennel, again, fortunately, and his abnormally loud and distinctive bark alerted the neighbor who happened to be home from work that day. When she got out, she saw the 3 pit bulls attacking our other neighbor's horse. She didn't think about her next move, she just yelled at them as loud as she could, and they stopped the attack and came over
to her calmly. She captured all three pit bulls single-handedly. She is a real hero to us. The horse eventually succumbed to the infections from his injuries, and the dogs were euthanized with the owner's consent. The owners ended up with about $15,000 bill for the horse and vet costs, but it could have been much more had they gotten my animals. It could have been much worse if our neighbor wasn't home.
We have since moved and are soon going to announce plans for the new location. Expect more information in a coming Friday advertising day very soon. :)
Again, I just wanted to let you know that I feel your pain and if you find it in your heart to continue the business in the future, I would like to help in some fashion in finding some donations from the community or other avenues to help you replace as much as we can. I know most of us on this list have animals for sale and times are tough so the deals are out there.
Go through the mourning process some more and please let us know how you are doing, and how we can help out. You have a very supportive community here.
Take care of yourself,
Dennis
Fancy Fiber Farm
(Note: We have moved, but the website has not been updated, yet)
9910 NE Cedar Creek Road
Woodland, WA 98674
360-225-SPIN (7746)?
http://fancyfiber.
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