The Alpaca Connection prides itself in the attention and catering service given to each and every alpaca. 

     Male, female, gelding, young or senior all our animals are touched daily.  Eyes, teeth, back bone, and hooves are evaluated and treated as needed.
Our nutritional program is based on a combination of Dr. Norman Evans grain, triple J vitamins, and fresh fruit.  We feel the best physical care is given 24/7.  We also have a 3 year old self constructed program that addresses the mental health and psyche of the alpaca.

     We promote security and serenity in our animals so as to provide a feeling of well being within our alpacas.  We start at 7 am. with a slow stroll through our 2 barns, announcing a soft "Good Morning" and visually checking the herd.

     We house 74 of these treasured creatures, still small enough to give individual attention.  They're kept close to their barns from 6 pm to 8 am.  Then they exit their paddocks one at a time, allowing a physical check point to be done.  Fresh hay awaits them in the fields.  At noon the barn is finished being cleaned and they're allowed in if they wish.  The barns are heated in the winter and cooled in the summer.  Fresh water daily is a must.  From 12 pm to 4 pm they wander in and out knowing they're going to be touched more by people that love them.  We also go out into the fields with a barrel of chopped apples and bananas and hand feed.  Thus the mistrust and fear is broken down more and more.  At 4 pm the supper hour starts.  All alpacas are fed in the same place, with the same colored dish, and at the same time daily.  They seem to love this routine and gallop in from the fields enthusiastically.  We like to keep no more than three alpacas at a feeding dish, and can accomplish this after they get down to serious eating.

     Mother and cria are always kept together and sleep in a separate stall.  All our males live in harmony and don't have to be separated.  We don't let one male breed in front of the other sires thus avoiding a competitive war. 

     At 7 pm the last touch of the day is done, dishes picked up, hay bins filled, water checked, and its "Good night".  All the daily activity is carried out in a slow moving assuring manner.  It must work, for we have not experienced ulcers or obvious fear in our herd.  We like to think they feel our love for them, for there's a lot of it there.