October 2004: Shelia and Greg attended an "Alpaca 101" Clinic at Fairhope Alpacas in Fairhope, Alabama. This clinic provided a goldmine of general information about owning alpacas for persons new to the alpaca business. We both learned a lot about buying and raising alpacas as well as general farm operation. We would recommend such a clinic to anyone considering getting into the alpaca business.

March 2004: By pure chance one day, we were introduced to an alpaca farmer at a local resturant and, after discussing raising alpacas with him, we later attended our first Alpaca Show in Shelbyville, Tennessee. This was our first introduction to alpacas, other than on television. After seeing these magical little animals in person, we both began planning a new lifestyle raising alpacas. We decided to learn as much about them as we could before we made a purchase. That way, our learning curve would not be quiet as steep as it would be if we jumped in and bought animals and then started learning about them. Our plan is to do our investigation and then buy in about two years...