Alpaca Tribe
By Steve Heatherington
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Episodes: 320
Description
The Alpaca Podcast for all things alpaca. Alpaca Tribe is for anyone who feels a connection with alpacas. It is for existing owners, everyone interested in keeping alpacas, people working with alpaca fleece or providing alpaca services, or those who are just alpaca mad.
With our guests, we will look at getting into keeping alpacas; making the most of the ones you have got (and enjoying it); ways to use the fleece, not just store it; opportunities to develop business activities relating to alpacas; and growing in your experience, wherever you are starting.
Each week we will be talking to people like you and to breeders, vets, producers and professionals.
The Alpaca Tribe Podcast is your place for wisdom, guidance and great stories about all things alpaca, from people who know because they have already done it.
Join the tribe at alpacatribe.com
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That was a close shave
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May 28, 2025 |
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Some alpaca jobs just need two people
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May 14, 2025 |
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Chilling in the sun with the alpacas
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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How to speak alpaca - or at least try
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Valley update and podcast news
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Alpacas get old too
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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A Spring/Autumn catch up with Rita Soares in Australia
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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An update in the valley with the alpacas
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Rate limiting factors for growth
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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One way to help your alpacas trust you
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Great opportunities to spend time with your alpacas
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Providing appropriate shelter for alpacas
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Creating the best expectations with your Alpacas
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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What alpacas need and like
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Alpaca reflections after breakfast with the girls
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Knowing when it is time to change tack
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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The holidays are over but winter work is available
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Being in control is limited
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Alpacas in the new year - continuity or conservation
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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An alpaca New Year
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Holiday Greetings and being intentional
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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I went in search of Normal and found it
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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On my own in the quiet valley
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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My alpacas remain a mystery
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Valley update in the quiet after the storm
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Winter weather can always catch you by surprise
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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There's always something when you have alpacas
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Megan's Mischief and Amelia's Feast: An Alpaca Story
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Autumn With Alpacas: Pastures, Paths, and Posturing
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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It is good to maintain your tools and fences
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Happy and healthy alpacas
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Unexpected change to the alpaca feed arrangements
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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That seems like a lot of alpaca breakfasts
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Questions people often ask me about alpacas
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Alpacas seem to slow me down, in a good way
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Know where your alpacas are
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Alpacas are good in any weather
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Alpaca Intelligence - the new AI
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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When you are feeling a bit lost with your alpacas
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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As herd animals alpacas want to be together
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Your favourite alpaca colour
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Watching in the valley
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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The challenge of predicting alpacas and the weather
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Are you noticing the alpaca daily grind?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Is it better to lead or manage your alpacas?
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Was your latest alpaca day ordinary or extraordinary?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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A quiet start to the alpaca day
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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It's not over until it is finished
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Back to the beginning
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Shearing alpacas is always different
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Walking with alpacas literally and metaphorically
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May 29, 2024 |
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Food fleece and feathers
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May 22, 2024 |
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What is it like to live with alpacas?
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May 15, 2024 |
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What could intentional interactions with your alpacas look like?
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May 08, 2024 |
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Arrivals that surprise
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May 01, 2024 |
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Alpacas have eyes that look back
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Spring makes me think of alpaca births
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Be even more alpaca
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Hats and alpacas revisited as spring arrives
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Do your alpacas notice when you wear a hat?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Learning through alpaca shows - even if you do your own
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Ways to thrive with your alpacas
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Chirps, Honks, and Alpacas: A Winter Day on the Farm
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Ten things that make alpacas different to other animals
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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How to grow your herd of alpacas
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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It is always hard when you lose an old friend
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Assumptions we make about alpacas may not be the full story
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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A small breeder's view of the Australian alpaca industry
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Summer and Winter at the same time
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Using your head and your heart
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Sitting in the cold with your alpacas
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Thinking of planning your alpaca year
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Sounds of the season
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Seasons greetings and hopes for the new year
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Your alpaca questions will change over time
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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How to avoid stress with alpacas
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Reflections down on the farm
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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What do your alpacas think of at Thanksgiving?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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How to know if you are an alpaca fanatic
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The questions spread beyond alpacas
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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What are the best alpaca questions to ask?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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What is your favorite time? Mine is alpaca time.
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Marking 250 Alpaca Tribe episodes
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Paying attention to the alpacas and other things
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Taking a quick alpaca holiday
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Storms on the horizon but it is that time of year
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Knowing when to panic
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Three steps to easy Alpacas or Alpacas the hard way
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Are you having an ordinary day?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Goldilocks and the three bears Bonus
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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What stories do alpacas tell about us?
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Being seen by your alpacas
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Visitors are good for everybody
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Being prepared and doing the ordinary stuff
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Can you see beyond the ordinary?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Returning to the alpacas
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Finding an alpaca rhythm you can follow
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Alpaca fleece inspiration
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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An alpaca journey can take you a long way
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Start with what you are good at
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Did you know that alpacas queue?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Catching flies and thinking how to break cycles
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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What to look for in an alpaca
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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A quick run through the shearing at a slow pace
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May 31, 2023 |
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It will be nice when we finish and the alpacas agree
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May 24, 2023 |
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What is the best way to solve your alpaca problems?
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May 17, 2023 |
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Do you find your limitations helpful?
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May 10, 2023 |
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It's just how we roll with the alpacas
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May 03, 2023 |
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I always feel grateful to have alpacas in my life
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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I don't always make the right conclusion about my alpaca's behaviour
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Shelter for comfort but also protection and safety for your alpacas
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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What makes you decide this is your favourite place?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Things that will make you a better alpaca shepherd
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Do your alpacas like you singing?
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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When do you keep doing the same thing and when something different?
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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A visit from winter, the vet and the feed delivery man
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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How do we know when we have reached the end of the story?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Similarities and differences at the other end of the world
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Reflecting on where we have got to with our alpacas
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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What are you going to do now?
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Alpaca Shepherd Skills and Jeremiah's New Arrival
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Alpacas keep you on your toes on both sides of the pond
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Coats for the cold weather
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Taking the long view with alpacas
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Are you getting back to normal yet?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Living in the in-between
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Alpacas, a stable, and thoughts of Christmas
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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An ice skating alpaca
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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My priorities in the cold weather - feeding and mucking out
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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What would make you do it differently?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Happy Thanksgiving and First Frost
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Landmarks and milestones on your roadmap
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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What is your road map for your alpaca adventure
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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That's a lot of alpaca episodes
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Going to your alpacas for wisdom
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Learning to read the ruffles alpacas sometimes have
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Alpacas and the green gym
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Boys will be boys and Hermione is inscrutable
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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You never know who you might meet on the path
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Getting past the fear
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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New arrivals for the Weisman's Part 2
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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New arrivals for the Weisman family
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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When you notice something, hold it long enough until you are sure
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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What business are we in?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Getting closer to deciding to keep alpacas
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Are all your visitors welcome?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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A walk and talk with the alpacas
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Is that normal for an alpaca
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Having fun with your alpacas
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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What are your sounds of summer?
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Marking time at the pace of your alpacas
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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But what does it mean?
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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What does success with your alpacas mean to you?
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Alpacas and the future
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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A successful shearing season
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Time for an alpaca haircut
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Things that surprise alpacas
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May 25, 2022 |
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Talking with my alpacas
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May 18, 2022 |
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Change is here to stay
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May 11, 2022 |
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Mistakes as learning opportunities
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May 04, 2022 |
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Life Lessons I have learnt from my alpacas
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Understanding traction and friction to be a better alpaca owner
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Understanding your alpacas
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Felting with many needles with guest Lanette Freitag
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Revisiting where Alpaca Tribe started
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Spring is sprung for the alpacas
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Making alpaca breeding decisions can be challenging
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Everything in a state of flux
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Alpacas are creatures of habit, usually...
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Have you noticed the alpacas in the middle?
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Alpacas have family and friends too
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Thinking hazard and risk assessment when you have alpacas around
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Making alpaca decisions
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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The joy of alpaca footprints in your backyard
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Beginning where we left off we travel into the new year
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Talking alpacas from a vet's perspective - Part 2
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Talking alpacas from a vet's perspective - Part 1
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Alpaca moments that stood out in 2022
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Happy Holidays with your alpacas
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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How Geno and Vinnie met Flip and the story had to be told
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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A walk on the wet side
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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The calm after the storm
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Thanksgiving with the alpacas
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Decision making and procrastination with your alpacas
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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The first thing you notice about alpacas
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Finding your alpaca rhythm
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Looking after yourself and your alpacas
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Confidence for everyone
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Always learning and seeing the positive as well as the problem
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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5 reasons for keeping alpacas
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Autumn has arrived – no, really this time
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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A late alpaca arrival
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Can you be right every time?
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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What does it mean
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Sitting about with the alpacas
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Millie the alpaca matriarch is a bit of a stick in the mud
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Always keep an eye on your alpacas - you just never know
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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The start of cria arrivals 2021
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Listening to your alpacas and yourself
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Physics and keeping alpacas – make it work for you
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Being more comfortable with your alpacas
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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A bit more confidence with alpacas
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Three things you can do to build your confidence with alpacas
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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The sounds of breakfast with the alpacas
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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More talking Australian alpacas - showing and shearing
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Talking Australian Alpacas
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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What is it like to keep alpacas?
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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It is nice to know when you have finished something
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Hidden beneath the alpaca fleece
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May 26, 2021 |
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Sleeping like a baby... alpaca
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May 19, 2021 |
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Connecting with old friends - Jeremiah Owen in California
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May 12, 2021 |
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Settling into the rhythm of a new season
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May 05, 2021 |
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What do you know about Alpacas? Take the quiz
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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The magic of felting with alpaca fleece
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Creating the best environment for your alpacas
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Let your alpacas put some colour in your life
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Don’t you just love breakfast with the alpacas
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Lessons from the pandemic and weaning
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Alpaca Common Sense
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Are your alpacas on mute?
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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How do you count your alpacas?
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Why keep alpacas?
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Watching and waiting as Spring inches closer
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Remembering where we began with our alpacas
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Approaching the spring with alpacas
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Alpacas and the snow
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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When the vegetation is at winter's low tide
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Starting the New year with your alpacas
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Christmas Bonus
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Reviewing the year 2020
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Talking to alpacas
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Alpacas 101
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Celebrating 100 episodes
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Grass is more than green
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Paka Apparel with Kris Cody
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Be more alpaca
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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What makes alpacas so calming?
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Alpacas slowing down with the season
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Keeping warm in Wisconsin and beyond with Campo Alpaca
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Time until you have to mention alpacas?
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Season change
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Understanding Alpacas
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Talking behaviour with Marty McGee Bennett – part 2
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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CameliDynamics with Marty McGee Bennett
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Cria Catch Up with Tanya Russell
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Wild wind and wet alpacas
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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About that alpaca fleece in the corner…
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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That Alpaca Question
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Peru Projects and growing cria
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Good fences for good neighbours
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Losing Lewys
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Older New Arrivals
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Strange Summer
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Cria Watch Continues
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Catching cria
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Cria naming
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Creative Crochet with Toft
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Shearing Wash Up
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Alpaca Shearing can be fun
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May 27, 2020 |
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Traceable alpaca yarn - all the way to Peru and back
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May 20, 2020 |
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My Happy Place with alpacas
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May 13, 2020 |
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Alpacas and Llamas - as pretty as a picture
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May 06, 2020 |
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It's raining, alpacas
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Shearing on the Horizon
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Between Two Mountains
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Navigating a Difficult Alpaca Birth
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Alpaca Spring
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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waiting and remembering
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Ramblings of an Alpaca Shepherd
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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The day alpacas entered my life
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Does anyone need an alpaca dentist?
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Cria Comfort
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Alpacas on purpose
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Fall in love with alpacas - Steve interviewed by Tania Marien
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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British Alpaca Society - the CEO speaks
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Making a living from alpacas
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Motivation and Behaviour in Alpacas
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Meeting Your First Alpaca
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Getting to Know You 54
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Old Year New Year 53
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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Alpacas at Christmas 52
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Moving Farm with Alpacas Pt2 //51
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Alpacas Down-Under 50
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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What is going on? 49
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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My Alpacas and Other Animals
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Californian Catch Up Alpaca Style 47
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Basic alpaca appraisal 46
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Having alpacas in your life 45
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Season Change and Welsh Alpaca Show 44
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Building your alpaca business 43
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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Building an alpaca business in Ireland 42
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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Alpaca Success 41
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Alpaca Vision 40
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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The right number of alpacas 39
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Expected Alpaca Behaviour 38
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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37 It is all about the fibre with Bridget Tibbs-Hamilton
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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36 Brian Schieber of Purely Alpaca, California
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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35 The Critical Alpaca
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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34 Planning a Farm Open Day
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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33 time in the alpaca barn
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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32 Seeing alpacas through your eyes
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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31. Confident & Fulfilled Owners
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Happy and Healthy Alpacas
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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Choosing our alpacas
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Waiting for the expected - cria that is
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Alpacas - a metaphor for life
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Review of 6 months Part 2
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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Celebrating 25 episodes
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Jenny MacHarg part 2
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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Jenny MacHarg of Fowberry Alpacas
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Expect the unexpected
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May 29, 2019 |
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A passion for alpaca fleece with Julia Berry of Apple Cross Alpacas
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May 22, 2019 |
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Preparing for shearing
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May 15, 2019 |
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Victoria Barrett of Simply Alpaca
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May 08, 2019 |
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Selling alpaca fibre and products to crafters
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May 01, 2019 |
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Alpacappella Jewellery with Marta Kwasniewicz
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Ted & Bessie - sustainable and ethical alpaca knitwear
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Handling and starting well with alpacas with Julie Taylor-Browne
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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BAS Show Reflections by Steve Heatherington
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Topical Alpaca Tips from Steve Heatherington
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Mar 27, 2019 |