Good Shepherd Farm Alpacas

Mission Statement:

Good Shepherd Farm Alpacas’ ambition is to produce superior fiber from the

physiologically vigorous alpaca. We strive for healthy, vigorous, beautifully fibered,

with

correct conformation, Huacaya & Suri alpacas with very sound genetics with

breeding

program backed by ALPACAfax.

Good Shepherd Farm Alpacas believes that for the Alpaca industry, the most

significant

role a breeder plays is the thoughtful and attentive care of the alpacas.

Knowledge is the

key to this ever growing endeavor. Good Shepherd Farm

Alpacas’ goal is to educate and

train ourselves and then our clients about

practical

day-to-day care, breeding and the

most current health issues and

concerns.

We believe in community involvement that is designed to promote the alpaca

industry and

have a passion to educate, inform, and maintain high industry

standards.

Good Shepherd Farm Alpacas, has taken a leadership role in assisting alpaca

enthusiasts to achieve their full potential through networking, marketing, and

nurturing. As

breeders, we pledge to provide professional service to our clients

with

honesty,

attentiveness of their business goals, time and finances. By sharing

our

breeding and

marketing program, ALPACAfax, we open our clients to the

foundation for building a

solid, manageable infrastructure for their own businesses.

We are advocates for proper care for all alpacas. Reproductive soundness,

excellent

mothering skills, and glowing health are the cornerstones of our breeding

program. We

value functional traits over extremes or fads in either conformation or

fiber production.

Among our breeding goals is the preservation of the unique and

diverse colors and fleece

patterns of the alpaca. We strongly believe that genetic

diversity is the key to healthy

alpacas.

We believe EVERY alpaca deserves first class care.

This includes:

1. Providing grass hay that is available at all times along with grain, mineral,

and

vitamin supplements.

2. Clean pastures with clean dung piles and sand/dirt rolls for the animals

maintain

their fiber condition.

3. Adequate climate controlled shelters.

4. Fresh water at all times.

5. More than enough space for each alpaca to run, play, for a stress free

environment.

6. Up to date immunizations and worming.

7. Proper Husbandry - nails clipped, ears cleaned, teeth checked/floated, body

scored each month;

8. Excellent Veterinary care when required.

To us, the most rewarding work is work that is loved. We will do all we can to

facilitate

alpacas as a way to realize financial success and emotional well-being.

First, through the grace of God, we hope to achieve our Mission Statement by

building

friendships with honesty & integrity.

Breeding

& Marketing

Strategy:

As Good Shepherd Farm grows, our main priority is to

breed alpacas for

Soundness, Body Structure and Fiber Handle. An alpacas

life

span is generally

from fifteen to

twenty five

years and with proper care and

management, we as

breeders

can provide a quality of life that is not

comparable

to life in the wild.

Alpaca Soundness

- The alpaca's health is the key to both Body Structure and

Fiber Handle. Simply stating, a healthy alpaca is a happy alpaca. A healthy

alpacas

will provide years of quality fleece and also years of enjoyment for

it's

owner.

Body Structure

- A sound alpacas will exhibit a well balanced body with a

balanced proportion between the length of leg, neck, and body, presenting

sufficient

width of chest, depth of body, and capacity for maintaining adequate

nutrition and reproduction.

We encourage everyone to view the breed standard

set

forth by International Alpaca Judging School Council's

Huacaya and Suri Breed Standards 2007

Fiber Handle

relates to the handle of the fleece. M

t Good Shepherd Farm Alpacas, we have combined our Breeding and

Marketing Strategies to breed for offspring that we can market. By doing this, we

have created the ALPACAfax

program. ALPACAfax gathers all information

from the alpaca's lineage to obtain alpaca color statistics, gender ratios, pictures,

and descriptions of alpacas in the lineage and their offspring, show records, along

with market values, average male price, average female price, and average stud

fees. This information is gathered into a report to find the best breeding match

available.

To Good Shepherd Farm

Alpaca

breeding

not only a

science

, but

an art. We

are

very pleased with the results of

our

extensive and all inclusive

reeding

Marketing

progra

named, ALPACAfax

By selecting

breedings

for genetic

soundness,

chastened

phenotype,

productive

reproduction,

commercially

viable

fiber, desirable temperaments and natural instincts,

we are

producing alpacas

with overall quality that

are healthy,

live long, productive,

lives.

Fiber

characteristics

play a major role in choosing our breedings. The traits

look for are crimp, luster, staple length, fiber diameter, and density.

ALPACAfax is

not able to report on these traits and their must be a hands on

approach to make

this decision.

ALPACAfax also sets the standard for pricing by allowing potential

clients to

know the value of the alpaca and it's lineage before any purchase is made.

Before

breeding occurs, an ALPACAfax report is created an all statistics like color,

gender,

lineage values are studied.

proposed value of the offspring is then

known

before any

breeding. We

believe

ALPACAfax is

the foundation to build

from

and it will aide

in establishing our herd and others who take

advantage of this

program.

ALPACAfax is available in our

Seminar Series Alpaca P.O.B.

all

new breeders, potentially new breeders, our clients, and is

available

with all

alpacas on Good Shepherd Farm.