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Alpaca Times Friday, May 9
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Webinar: Selecting Your First Huacaya
Learn about alpaca type, selection traits and what to ask for and avoid in your first purchase. |
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Webinar: Alpaca Taxes
Learn how Uncle Sam can help you pay for your alpacas. |
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Getting Started in the Alpaca Business
Learn basic animal handling and how to layout pastures, build a fence, design a barn, give shots, trim toenails, buy hay, and much more. This seminar is the perfect learning experience for anyone who is researching the industry or is about to buy their first alpacas. |
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How to Buy, Breed and Succeed in the Alpaca Business
Find out how to compete and succeed in the 2008 alpaca market. This seminar will arm both existing and prospective alpaca breeders with training and knowledge to select alpacas, read pedigrees, and use genetic science to develop alpacas with high current market value. |
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Webinar: Getting Started in the Alpaca Business
This course answers the 10 most frequently asked questions about creating an alpaca business and provides attendees with practical "How To" advice. |
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A Day at the Ranch
This free seminar is the perfect learning experience for anyone who is researching the industry or is about to buy their first alpacas. |
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Register
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Alpaca
Institute @ NWA
A Day at the Ranch
This free seminar is given every Monday and is the perfect learning experience for
anyone who is researching the industry or is about to buy their first alpacas.
How to Buy, Breed and Succeed
in the Alpaca Business
Find out how to compete and succeed in the 2007 alpaca market. “How to Buy, Breed,
and Succeed in the Alpaca Business” will arm both existing and prospective alpaca
breeders with training and knowledge to select alpacas, read pedigrees, and use genetic
science to develop alpacas with high current market value.
Alpaca Library
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Alpaca
Webinars are Northwest Alpacas pioneering educational effort that brings basic
and advanced alpaca education to your computer. Webinars are offered either as a 10-pack
series, or as individual courses. These webinars are intended for current and future
alpaca breeders who want to explore the industry and gain practical knowledge regarding
various aspects of the alpaca business. After completing the webinars participants
will be equipped to make better-informed decisions about alpaca buying & selling,
farm or ranch improvements, alpaca care and breeding.
This year's currently scheduled webinar classes are
listed below. Click here for course
descriptions.
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Getting Started
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Selecting your first Huacaya
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Alpaca Taxes
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Barns and Fences
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Alpaca breeding genetics (Advanced)
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Marketing - The Ideal Alpaca Community
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Neo-Natal Clinic (Advanced)
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The Spin on Alpaca Fiber
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Herdsire Selection
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Ask The Expert: A question and answer webinar on alpaca history, husbandry, genetics,
selection, and marketing.
Instructors include Mike
Safley, Author of Alpacas: Synthesis
of a Miracle, Ideal Alpacas:
From Myth to Reality, The
Alpaca Shepherd and The
Alpaca Chronicles. Fred
Kraft, alpaca marketing expert and speaker with 5 years alpaca experience. Peggy
Stevens, retired CPA, breeder and alpaca tax expert. Dr.
Paul Jones, DVM with over 30 years of camelid veterinarian experience.
Click here to read more
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Northwest Alpacas Limited Editions
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Very Pregnant Females
For anyone who wants to make a high value alpaca purchase, pregnant females are the
best choice for several reasons:
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They have a proven ability to conceive.
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The shorter the due date, the higher the value of the Dam.
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Pregnant females will have 2 or 3 cria before a six month old female cria might have
1.
Click here to view these alpacas
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Silver Collection
We are proud to announce that we have just completed the acquisition of the
entire herd of Thompson Hollow Alpacas from Otto Kuczynski. We have arranged for all
the Huacayas to come to Northwest Alpacas while the Suris were sold to Bill Graham
of Old Trails Alpaca Co. in Spokane, Washington. Thompson Hollow had a lovely group
of silver and rose gray alpacas which we have identified in our "Silver Collection".
Click here to
view these alpacas
Click here to
learn more about color inheritance
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Peruvian Collection
Northwest Alpacas has just created this collection to quickly identify those
alpacas for sale that we have certified full Peruvain which we have documented
by pedigree.
Click here to
view these alpacas
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The latest from Northwest Alpacas, the Alpaca
Journal. Weekly thoughts, reviews and commentary from all around the alpaca industry.
Check out the latest topics.
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Recent Topics
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Send an "alpaca e-card"
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Check out the NWA photo gallery and send and e-post card to a friend. We have images
from all over the world.
go to the photo gallery |
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Alpaca Art Gallery
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Northwest Alpacas has recently added an Art Gallery. These prints capture the essence
of Peruvian life.
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Limited works now available.
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Alpaca
Books
The Alpaca Chronicles
Alpacas: Synthesis of a Miracle
a book by Michael Safley
"One of the most important contributions to the Alpaca industry."
Order your copy today.
Ideal Alpacas: From Myth to Reality
"A must read for anyone serious about herd improvement, learn how to create the
ideal alpaca."
Alpaca Shepherd
"The Alpaca Shepherd walks both new and experienced breeders through the process of
building barns and fences, caring for cria, breeding and reproduction, delivering
babies and creating a breeding program."
Upcoming Seminars
Getting Started in the Alpaca Business
Level:
Introductory Level
Type:
1 Day Course
Friday, May 16, 2008
More Info
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How to Buy, Breed and Succeed in the Alpaca Business
Level:
Introductory Level
Type:
3 Day Course
Friday, May 16, 2008
More Info
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How to Buy, Breed and Succeed in the Alpaca Business
Level:
Introductory Level
Type:
3 Day Course
Friday, June 20, 2008
More Info
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How to Buy, Breed and Succeed in the Alpaca Business
Level:
Introductory Level
Type:
3 Day Course
Friday, July 11, 2008
More Info
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Getting Started in the Alpaca Business
Level:
Introductory Level
Type:
1 Day Course
Friday, July 11, 2008
More Info
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Win an Alpaca - Winners
Sign up today for your chance to Win an Alpaca!
Quechua
Benefit
 Northwest
Alpacas is proud to be a sponsor of The Quechua Benefit. Visit Quechua
Benefit.org. Travel to Peru or make a contribution.
Alpaca
Birth Sequence
Witness the miracle of birth in the highlands of Peru.
  
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