Rushmere Alpacas

Claudia July 2008

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We saw Claudia as a cria at Alborada when we took Helena and Erin to be mated in 2008 and fell in love with her. Although she's 3 years old now she still looks just as gorgeous and is very photogenic. She has a beautiful grey fleece which is very even in colour and very fine.

She has quite a shy character, perhaps because as one of the newer and younger alpacas she was bossed around a bit by the others, but she's getting much more confident now as even newer and younger alpacas have joined the herd. She'll feed from our hand and is fine walking in her halter, behaving impecably on her trip to the show ring, when she won first prize at the Royal Show in 2009. her fleece has also done well in 2009 and 2010 at the Scottish Fleece show and at the Heart of England Show.

She was mated with Bozedown's 'The Chief' in 2009  produced a superb grey boy we've called Darius for whom we have high hopes. Last year we mated her with our own grey stud and The Chief's son, Comanche and she produced a black, Euclid.