DMAR Update for Week 5/25/08

Posted 26 May, 2008 in Alpaca Sales, DMAR Store, Alpaca Shows, Alpaca General | No comments

DMAR Update for Week 5/25/08:

AOBA National Show in SLC, UT: I just got back from the national show last night. I left last Wednesday for a fun time networking, learning, and observing alpacas. To my disappointment I didn’t do as well on my fleeces as I thought I would, however on the upside I did take a seminar on how to do fleeces and plan to put my newly found knowledge to work and redo my fleeces to see if I can improve the overall scores. I had a great time and look forward to the next show.  Of course that won’t be until the end of September in New Mexico.

DMAR Nikoli and DMAR Antonio: Both of these juveniles are now fully weaned and beginning their halter training. Both boys are for sale and I will have a link to their information within the month.

Bisbee Farmer’s Market: Tom and I will be back at the farmer’s mkt. this weekend. We hope to see you there.  

Finally Athena Births Cria

Posted 25 April, 2008 in Alpaca Sales | No comments

White Russian was born on April 23rd at 11:58 AM. It was not an easy birth…..I went outside at 10 AM to do the daily morning poop scooping. It was then that I noticed Athena was dialated as she lifted her tail while standing up from her kushed position. I called Tom and told him to come home. I ran around quickly picking up all the poop from the stalls while keeping an eye on Athena. Next I moved Carina and Armani out of Athena’s stall since I didn’t know how Armani, Carina’s cria, would react to the newborn. I then let Electra, maiden, in to watch the birthing and to keep Athena company.

At 11:06 Teena’s water broke and I could see the fetus presenting. It appeared to go smoothly at first with both feet coming out with the nose and head shortly behind.  However when the head and both legs were out I noticed one leg was shorter than the other. Around this time Tom made it home. I told him I believed the cria had an elbow lock, but that only 6 minutes had passed. If after 15 minutes the problem hadn’t rectified then I would lube up and go in. Sure enough I had to do just that. While Tom held Athena I was able to free the elbow.

We thought everything was going to move forward, but again we were wrong. Athena appeared to stop having contractions. I believe within the next 15 minutes she might have pushed two times only. The shoulders are the hardest to push out and I could see she was tired and beginning to stess. She was now lying on her side with her head up, but ears back. She was in distress. I again had Tom hold her and I lubed up some more. I was able to get the cria’s shoulder out. I stopped and waited again.

After 15 more minutes I just knew that Athena couldn’t do it. I would have to finish the birthing. One last time I told Tom to hold Athena and I gently pulled the cria out. Directly behind the cria was the placenta. I didn’t even get his legs out completely when the placenta presented itself. Poor Athena was now shivering and I had Tom place dry towels over her to get her warmed up. Her perineum was very swollen and she had small tears in the vulva that was probably due to my having to assist. Through the pain Athena was able to turn her neck to smell her baby.

White Russian is strong and alert. He was able to stand unassisted within 10 minutes and by the 7th hour was running around the stall. Mom, Athena, is doing well and healing nicely. She is learning to be a good mom. Nursing was new to her, but she has now gotten a hold of it.

DMAR Updates for Week Ending March 1, 2008

Posted 25 February, 2008 in Alpaca Sales, Maremmas, Alpaca General | No comments

DMAR Updates for Week Ending March 1, 2008:

DMAR Athena is due to give birth this month. Her due date can be anywhere from March 16th through the 26th. Be sure to keep watch on the live cam at http://www.desertmtnalpacas.com/ . Athena was bred to AOBA Champion CTA Zecharia. This is the last cria for our winter birthing season. What a way to end the season. To date we have had four beautiful males and one female (Athena’s full sister), Dominique.

Please check out our sales page at http://www.desertmtnalpacas.com/alpaca-sales.html to view our current offerings. At this time we have AOCR Michelle Rose, a 6 yr old medium rose grey female, who has given birth to three beautiful crias to date and is a wonderful mother and milk producer. Michelle’s easy birthing and great mothering skills makes her an excellent foundation female. Michelle has been bred back to our full Peruvian herdsire, Snowmass Incan Emperor, for a December 2008 cria. Purchase Michelle by herself or in one of our package deals. Don’t forget the tax benefit you get from section 179. This year it has gone up to $250,000 on new alpaca purchases.

Don’t forget to visit our online alpaca store at http://www.dmarstore.desertmtnalpacas.com/. We have a wonderful selection for you to choose from with new items being added monthly.

DMAR 2008 Sales List and Breedings

Posted 4 January, 2008 in Alpaca Sales, DMAR Store | 2 comments

DMAR 2008 Sales List and Breedings has been updated. Please go to www.desertmtnalpacas.com/alpaca-sales.html to see the new sales listing featuring AOCR Michelle Rose.

To see the latest herdsires for breedings please go to www.desertmtnalpacas.com/services.html. We have added DMAR Apollo to the list, an Augusto grandson, who is the whole package.

Don’t forget to visit the DMAR online store at www.dmarstore.desertmtnalpacas.com. I am constantly adding more product.

Alpaca Sales - Eros

Posted 8 January, 2007 in Alpaca Sales | No comments

We have added an alpaca to our sales list. Eros is 6 months of age and is currently being weaned from his mother. Eros is a sweet boy on the shy side. Unfortunately, his color (light fawn) is not in our strategic plan for our herd. We would like to see him go to a good home.

Fore more information please click on the following link: Alpaca Sales