Comments on: Alpaca Herdsire & His Cria Share Tender Moments

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:30:53 +0000

Nancy,
Thank you so much! Can’t tell you how much that means to me. And I know what you mean. It’s amazing that after all this time, they can still astound us with their magic. It is an unending fountain of “Ahhh”s, isn’t it? That’s why we can’t imagine doing anything else, isn’t it? The tenderness is sooo poignant…

I’ve melted into a puddle onto the floor…lol

By: Nancy Rondeau

Nancy Rondeau — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:33 +0000

Dear Katy,

I love your site! So informative and interesting!

We had a daughter of one of our foundation girls return for breeding after being gone for a year and a half. Avalon and her daughter Warm Rain ran to see each other over the fence and nuzzeled and clucked, it was a beautiful, tender moment like your herdsire and his daughter! After 12 years of observing them they still make me go “Ahhh” Thanks fo ryour site! Nancy

By: Sherry Warren

Sherry Warren — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:27:16 +0000

Have heard several stories from Suzanne @ Sunburst Alpacas to substantiate this. Several times alpacas have been sold and maybe 2 years later came back for a breeding and went straight over to their mother or vice versa. Even a couple of cria who played together while young were reunited and you could tell they recognized each otherby their actions. I bring my Yorkie, Ginger to see the alpacas when there is an open house and Velvet, a black male, always comes over to the fence to sniff her. You would think he would spit, but she is not a yappy dog and does not bark around them. Of course the females just move away from her being protective of their cria. Also, just yesterday a kid who’s grandma lives 2 doors down from me was in my yard playing with the outside cats and he started making kitten noises. They were very realistic. Ginger got so agitated looking around to see where the kitten was. It was really funny. The only other time I heard her do that was when we had a kitten that the mother would not feed and it was yowling and Ginger got all worked up looking and acting very concerned while I was trying to feed it.

By: MaLinda

MaLinda — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:00:25 +0000

Tender moments are so wonderful on the farm and when our boys give their children sweet kisses, it’s just one more reason to love what we do. I’m so glad you got to experience it.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:44:11 +0000

We have 2 cats, Mila who is very sweet and affectionate, and Greta, who is rather grumpy and won’t have much to do with any person besides my husband.

One day when my son was about 1 month old, we had him in a little seat in the living room, while we looked at videos on a laptop. We played a video of kittens crying, and both cats came wandering into the living room looking around curiously. Thinking this was pretty funny, we played the video again. Mila came up to us, figuring out that’s where the sound was coming from. Greta went over to my son, and sniffed at him, as if to make sure he was all right! We were amazed that such a grumpy old cat would identify our son as a “kitten” and check on him when she heard crying noises.

By: SheilaG

SheilaG — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:34:53 +0000

That is just so special! I love it that they recognize their own children. Sometimes even humans don’t do that!

My mother and I visited a bunch of alpaca farms earlier this summer, and had such an amazing time. They really are the cutest animals, and so soft!
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