This must be the quiet before the storm. Everything is relatively peaceful right now - in fact, it's Dan-dy!
Danny and his roommate (no name yet!) are doing really well. Plenty to do and see in the arena right now where they are staying.
We are trying to get Danny used to being brushed and handled. With any animals, if they get used to being handled at a young age, it makes them much simpler to handle them as they get older.
You wouldn't know it from the picture, but he has been getting lightly brushed. And then of course, he immediately starts playing in the shavings and then he has these little pieces of it stuck in his fibre. I think he's doing it for the attention, because then we spend time with him brushing out the little pieces.
Last weekend I was visiting in Vernon and stopped in at the Oyama Lake Alpaca Ranch. Darlene (and her husband Jim) were great hosts. Darlene is a real artist with alpaca fibre and has amazing clothing and other items at her ranch store. I really appreciated the opportunity to talk to another alpaca person. Darlene very patiently answered all my questions and I really appreciated the time. Hopefully, as Danny gets older and I try the nuggets of wisdom I picked up from her, I'll be able to share.
One of the things I really wanted to know was just about raising babies and were we on the right track for the long term. After talking with her I feel pretty good about what we are doing and how Danny is doing.
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