The Staff
If you have ever seen one of our alpacas in the show ring, you'll (hopefully) notice how well behaved they are; allowing the judges to touch their fleece from head to knee without having to be restrained and allowing their bites to be shown without having to hold their heads. Many people have asked about the training behind this, so with great pride, we present the wonderful crew who spend a good deal of their time training not only the show string, but all of the alpacas on the farm.
Donald Holmes Mary Soccio Kenny Gascoigne
Donald started helping us run the farm about 4 years ago. He is now our farm manager and with this responsibility provides hands on training for customers, farm tours, alpaca medical and breeding care, alpaca appraisals, breeding selections and just about everything else (save for mechanical repairs). Donald starts his day here before 5 AM waking up our two roosters sometimes as much as 3 hours before sunrise!
Mary has been with us now for 2 years. She is terrific on working with new crias and in helping us to care for their mothers. Mary assists with just about everything including breeding, birthing, and the medical program. For some reason, she also gets to tend to the fly traps! Mary is her very best when being proactive with the care she provides, helping us to make sure all the alpacas get the attention they need.
Kenny usually provides our day's grins. We have had the pleasure of having his company here for the last 2 years. With Kenny around, we can have 12 or more hours of continuous coverage with the herd as Kenny handles mid to late day alpaca care. He checks the herd over one last time before the end of the day making sure the new babies are doing well, and giving a little extra feed to the ones in need of more groceries.
In addition, there are two others, who are also of great importance in helping us to keep the farm running and clean. Randy Worden (handy Randy) has been attending to the farm's maintenance and development work for the last 2 years. Ben Weston has been coming in on weekends for the last year and helps us to keep the farm clean and beautiful.
All together, these great people work hard to provide the very highest standard of care. Our sincerest thanks to everyone.
