Helpful Associations

• The Alpaca Registry - The Alpaca Registry is a database housing the genealogy, blood typing and ownership records of alpacas in North America since 1988.

Educational Information

• Visit the Alpaca Academy for educational articles on alpacas. Provided by the Alpaca Registry Inc., this site is a vast resource full of information on alpacas.
• Educational information on Llamas, Alpacas, Guanacos, and Vicunas 1943-2006
• http://www.owning-alpaca.com/breeding-alpacas.html

Alpaca & Farming Products

All manner of supplies including vaccination and worming medication, halters and leads, books and videos on care and training,

• QC Supply
• Useful Llama & Alpaca Items
• Quality Llama Products, Inc.
• Stevens Llama Tique
• Jeffers Livestock Supply
• KV Vet Supply

Halters:

• http://www.jefferslivestock.com/nylon-alpaca-halters/camid/LIV/cp/0032203/
• https://www.llamaproducts.com/index.php?page=ProductDetails&rowid=5700
• https://www.llamaproducts.com/index.php?page=ProductDetails&rowid=5402

Large items: panels, chutes and scales, gates, and feeders.

• Kentucky Alpaca Center
• Light Livestock Equipment (camelid skin mix for mites)
• Arlyn Scales

Minerals:

• Cache La Poudre (alpaca minerals)
• Stillwater Minerals

Alpaca Transporters

• Cedar Ridge Alpaca Transport
• AlpacaNation List of Transporters

Fleece Evaluations

• Yocom McColl Wool Testing Labs
• Alpaca Fiber Consulting Services, USA
  

Fleece Processing

• Article: What To Do With Our Alpaca Fleece?
• Alpaca Breeders of the Rockies Fiber Resources
• Shepherd's Mill in Kansas (where we have our fleece turned into rovings, felt and yarn!)
• Mills Hill Alpaca & Fiber Mill
• The Alpaca Blanket Project
• North American Alpaca Fiber Cooperative (AFCNA)

• New England Alpaca Fiber Pool
  

Alpaca Books

You can find these books at Amazon.com, Useful Llama Items, or Quality Llama Products, Inc. The following books are a sample of what's available; the first three can get you started by helping you identify the characteristics to look at in animals you are purchasing, basic health care and basic neonatal care (for those pregnant dams).

• Secrets of the Andean Alpaca by Maggie and Richard Krieger
• Caring For Llamas and Alpacas - A Health and Management Guide by Claire Hoffman, DVM and Ingrid Asmus
• Llama and Alpaca Neonatal Care by Smith, Timm and Long, DVMs
• Alpaca Field Manual, Second Edition - Dr. C. Norman Evans, D.V.M.
• The Complete Alpaca Book by Eric Hoffman
• Llama and Alpaca Husbandry and Medical Care - Robert Pollard, DVM and Suzi Pollard
• The Camelid Companion by Marty McGee Bennett (on training)
• The Color Chart of the officially recognized colors can be purchased from the Alpaca Registry Inc.

Alpaca Training

For training alpacas and their owners:

• John Mallon — Gentling & Training Llamas & Alpacas
• Camelidynamics TTEAM (Tellington Touch Every Animal Method)
• Gentle Spirit Behavior & Training by Cathy Spaulding

Alpaca Health

Animal Poison Control Hotline: 1-888-426-4435 24 hr. Vet answered

• Poisonous Plants Informational Database
• Colorado State University Animal Care & Research

Shearing

Scott Dontanville, New West Alpacas, Larkspur, Colorado 719.488.1755

Local, Natural, Sustainable Living

• Local Harvest - Connecting shoppers to local, sustainable food sources, small and organic farms
• Cañon City Co-op - a group of dedicated people striving to provide green alternatives (food-coop, support for local producers, natural & healthy living ideas) to people in southeast Colorado.
• Javernick Family Farms - Offering Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Cañon City, CO
• Country Roots Farm - A CSA program & farm stand serving the Pueblo, Colorado, and Colorado Springs area
• Where Can I Find Real (Raw) Milk? - Milk sources throughout the country

We have lots more links to videos, books, websites and blogs on our living green page.

Freshly shorn alpacas