Almanzo - ARI 811897 CLAA 17432 DOB: March 21, 1999 Light fawn Bolivian/Peruvian Macho Sire: Pperuvian Guellermo G4546 Dam: Bolivian Aliza B214 Manzy is a very typey light fawn outstanding son of the great Pperuvian Guellermo. He is conformationally sound with an excellent bite and striking presence. His fleece is very dense and uniform with excellent character. He has consistently placed in the show ring competing in a total of six halter competitions from 1999-2001 and placing each time. Susan Tellez spoke of his fleece - "extreme density and extreme expression of crimp, very uniform throughout". In 2002 at 3 years of age Almonzo's fibre stats were AFD 25.6 SD 3.8 CV 15.0%

CAVA BONICA MARIO 281 - ARI 805343 CLAA 10869 DOB:Jan. 1, 1993 grey chilean Sire: unknown Dam: unknown. Mario has proven his worth as a super stud over and over again. Although he is getting on in years he continues to produce show winning offspring. Our rose grey female took 1st place and Reserve Champion two years in a row and black black full sister took 2nd and Reserve Champion this past year. Mario is also the sire of black World Class Macoa who took 1st Place & Color Champion at the 2005 Monterey Pronk in Monterey, California. These are just the wins from his crias that we are aware of. We are sure he has a lot more to his credit. In 2004 Mario still boasted a 25 micron fleece. This is an exceptional male and very much the gentleman.

Major-B - ARI 839792 CLAA 26891 DOB: Dec. 20, 2001 medium fawn full Bolivian macho Sire: Acero Marka's Bernard Dam: Acero Marka's Frivolous. Major is very dense with exceptional coverage and fine fleece with excellent character. His fibre stats on March 11, 2003 were AFD 19.5 SD 4.5 CV 22.8 with 1.9 microns over 30. On April 14, 2004 his fibre stats were AFD 22.1 SD 5.5 CV 24.8 with 5.2 microns over 30. Major now has 9 cria on the ground (4 girls and 5 boys) and they all have wonderful fine crimpy fibre. He just sired a grey cria on a grey mom and the little girl has Major's wonderful fine crimpy fleece.

Turning Tide's Divina Rasgones - DOB: July 31, 2004 Colour: light rose-grey and silver-grey pregnant female Sire: CAVA Bonica Mario Dam: Turning Tide's Chantilly Lace who is dark fawn and sired by Acero Marka's Rockamundo, who is possibly the finest fibred male ever imported into North America. Tilly's grandmother is a rose grey. Greys don't come along like this very often. Divina took first in class and reserve champion two years in a row. She has great conformtion, excellent coverage and a fabulous fine crimpy fleece. Her Jan 22, 2006 fleece stats were AFD 18.6, SD 4.5, CV 24.2% and fibers greater than 30 were 2.4%. Divina's true black full sister also took reserve champion this year so this little girl has winning genes. Divina produced a lovely dark brown boy on June 19th out of Almanzo. He has wonderful crimpy fleece and great conformation with Almanzo's heavy bone structure. A definite herdsire in the making! We are very happy with Tyre so have rebred Divina to our multi ribbon winner , Almanzo (son of Pperuvian Guellermo) and she is due fall of 2008. Almanzo is conformationally sound with an excellent bite and striking presence. His fleece is very dense and uniform with excellent character. He has consistently placed in the show ring competing in a total of six halter competitions from 1999-2001 and placing each time. Susan Tellez spoke of his fleece - "extreme density and extreme expression of crimp, very uniform throughout". Almanzo's fleece still feels like butter at 7 years of age. This cria can't help but be a knockout. This is an exceptional grey!

Heidi - DOB:June 14, 2005 Pregnant female Colour: medium brown. Sire: CAVA Nevila Haydn Dam: Cactus Ridge Katie (out of CPeruvian Aldo). Heidi is a very typey alpaca with a long staple length, good coverage and a lovely head. Her sire ,Haydn is a Supreme Champion and this shows in his offspring. Heidi is bred to our multi ribbon winner Almanzo and confirmed pregnant by ultrasound for a late May or early June cria. Almanzo has consistently placed in the show ring competing in a total of six halter competitions from 1999-2001 and placing each time. Susan Tellez spoke of his fleece - "extreme density and extreme expression of crimp, very uniform throughout" Almanzo's fleece still feels like butter at 7 years of age.

Cactus Ridge Katie - DOB: July 31, 2000 Colour: medium fawn pregnant female. Sire: CPeruvian Aldo Dam: AVA MME Celesp. Katie is a large girl with great genetics. She has a pleasant personality and is a devoted mom. Katie has produced two gorgeous crias for us, Heidi and Haley. She just birthed a lovely male out of our multi-ribbon winner Almanzo . We have bred Katie to our full Bolivian stud, Major-B and she has been untrasounded and confirmed pregnant for a cria in late June of 2008. Katie sells with Thor at side.

Luna De La Sonora - DOB: August 2, 2001 Colour: white. Sire: CPeruvian Accoyo Arctic 104 Dam: C072 Sonora. Very dense female with excellent character to her fleece and good coverage. Histogram at March 2003 was AFD 19.9 SD 4.1 CV 20.6 %>30 0.8 At April 2004 histogram was AFD 23.3 SD 4.6 CV 10.7 %>30 5.5. Luna birthed a lovely little male, Kore, out of Major-B. We have been very happy with her two cria out of Major but wanted to see what she and our multi ribbon-winner Almanzo would produce so she is now rebred, and appears to have caught, for other great cria in Sept. of 2008.

Meadow Nina - DOB: June 30, 2000 Colour: medium brown with white on face and feet. Sire: Wooded Hills Jalapeno Pepper Dam: Meadow Sanchera. Nina has a lovely alpaca face, nice fibre and excellent conformation. She just produced another extremely cute fancy boy out of our multi-ribbon winner Almanzo. Nina's new little boy, Bonnie Prince Charlie, has excellent conformation and fantastic fibre. He is a fancy boy with striking markings. We are planning on showing him in the spring. Nina is being rebred to Almanzo for another amazing cria in fall of 2008.

AVA MME Celesp - DOB: Jan 1, 1995. Colour: light fawn with dark silver face Sire: unknown Dam: unknown. Celesp is a wonderful producer of gorgeous cria. Although she is now 12 she sure does not look it. We bred Celesp to our full Bolivian Major -B and she has been confirmed pregnant by ultrasound for a cria in early July of 2008. Since Major just sired a grey cria we are hoping that he can pull the grey out of Celesp's genes.

Turning Tide's Tessa Noel - DOB: March 29, 2007. Colour: beige. Sire: Almanzo. Dam: AVA MME Celesp. Tessa Noel has just been weaned. She has good bone structure, excellent conformation and a mass of long curley fleece. She may be ready for breeding by next summer.

AVA MME Vicoyo Dias - DOB: Jan 1, 1995. Colour: dark fawn with a bit of white on top knot and feet. Sire: unknown. Dam: unknown. Vicoyo is a real sweetheart. She is curious but not pushy and gets along well with the herd. Her cria have been very nice and healthy with good fibre coverage. Vicoyo produced a male cria, Roberto, out of full Bolivian Major-B. We are planning to breed her to our multi-ribbon winner Peruvian/Bolivian Almanzo however we are holding off for a while as she is doing double duty feeding both her cria and the little orphan, Cherie.

SOLD Turning Tides Cherie - DOB: Oct. 2, 2007 Colour: dark brown with white under chin and two lines for eyebrows.. Sire: Major-B. Dam: Laurie's Bella. Cherie is a survivor. She was only 11 lbs when born but was kushed in under a minute and up and nursing before her mom had passed the placenta. Unfortunately Cherie's mom died when she was just two weeks old but she wasn't going to let that stop her. She bugged Roberto's mom, Vicoyo, until she finally got to nurse. It is quite a sight to see two little bums sticking out from under Vicoyo. Cherie is growing well with supplementing only a couple of times a day. We had an IGg done and she got lots of colostrum from her mom.

Cela - DOB: April 25, 2001 Cololur: dark fawn. Sire:CAVA Cargual Night Rider Dam: CAVA Danica. Cela has great density and good conformation but is a little shy on leg coverage. Her sire is jet black and her promise of producing dark colour has come true. Cela was held open because of the border closure so just birthed her first cria, a rose grey male, Slipstream, on March 24th. He has a fabulous blanket with tight little curles. Slipstream is out of light fawn Almanzo who is a fleece champion and multi ribbon winner. Slipstream has now been sold however we are breeding Cela back to Almanzo for another great cria next year.

Turning Tide's Ellie Mae - DOB: July 5, 2003 Colour: dark fawn. 1/2 Peruvian Accoyo pregnant female Sire: 4Peruvian Accoyo's Juliaca .Dam: Turning Tide's Chantilly Lace, who is dark fawn and sired by Acero Marka's Rockamundo - possibly the finest fibred male ever imported into North America. Ellie Mae is a big strong girl with excellent conformation, coverage and a very friendly personality. She birthed her first cria in December of 2006. She was a wopping 21 lbs and Ellie proved to be an easy birther, good mom and an excellent milker. Ellie is bred to our multi ribbon winner Almanzo for an early summer 2008 cria

SOLD Turning Tide's Aurora - DOB: June 3, 2002 fancy female Colour: dark fawn, light fawn and white Sire: Full Accoyo 4Peruvian Presidente 6002 (white) Dam: Chantilly Lace (medium fawn). This 1/2 Peruvian Accoyo female has excellent coverage and conformation just like her full Accoyo sire. Her dam comes from very dark brown and grey blood lines so Aurora offers lots of potential for coloured offspring. Her dam is also the offspring of Acero Marka's Rockamundo who is possibly the finest fibred male ever imported into North America with a 13.6 micron at 20 months. Rockamundo histogram done in April of 2007 is still only 22microns with only a 7.5 % >30. That is phenomenal for a 13 year old male. To add to Aurora's list of attributes, her dam, Chantilly Lace has produced two Champions (grey and black) and they both won two years in a row. Aurora produced a fancy boy out of multi-ribbon winner light fawn Almanzo on June 21, 2007. Sonar, has gorgeous fibre and excellent coverage. Since Aurora has grey in her background and her cria have had very fine fibre, we have bred her to our finely fibred grey herdsire, Mario, for a fall 2008 cria. This should be a very exciting offspring.

Turning Tide's Winter Delight - DOB: Dec. 7, 2006 Colour: dark fawn. Sire: Peruvian Accoyo Arctic. Dam: Turning Tides Ellie Mae. This 3/4 Accoyo dark fawn girl has exceptional fineness and density. She has a gorgeous head but unfortunately her front legs are not straight. We have had X-rays and veterinarian opinions however there is no way of knowing whether she will pass the crooked legs on. Winnie grew extremely fast. She was 21 lbs at birth on Dec. 7 and her legs were straight. By Jan 27 she was 53lbs. This rapid growth may very well have caused her legs to grow crookedly.

Turning Tide's Senona - DOB: April 11, 2005. Colour: beige. Sire: Westwool's Fredrico .Dam: Luna De La Sonora. This 3/4 Accoyo female has wonderful fibre with a histogram done Jan. 2006 showing AFD of 18.7, SD of 4.0, CV of 21.4 and %>30 of 0.8. Senona was a late bloomer so we have held her back from breeding. She is now very ready and has been bred once on August 13th by our mult-ribbon winner Almanzo but we need to recheck to see if she caught.

Thetis Coco Chanel - DOB: Aug. 24, 1994. Colour: very dark brown. Sire: Amistad. Dam: Rose Grey. Coco is the matriarc of our herd. She has produced great cria for us. She had a very difficult birthing a few years ago and has not gotten pregnant since. We have not tried very hard so cannot say for sure that she will not conceive, however we class her as a companion alpaca.

Cody-B - black companion male - gelded. Cody is a registered male who went to nursing homes and public events with us. We gelded him because he is on the small side.

Bud (his mom's name was Flower) - fawn coloured guard llama - gelded. Bud came to us shortly after weaning. He will walk on halter but tends to want to lean on your shoulder.