Park View Alpacas - Suri and Huacaya Alpacas

At Park View Alpacas:
We don't do Hype, We don't do Politics.
All we do is "criate" Alpacas.
The animals and pedigrees SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!

Once again, we at Park View have tested our pedigrees! Park View just returned from the 2007 International Alpaca Odyssey. Our animals went before three totally-independent judges, from three different countries, with no financial interest in the results. That concept was very refreshing, which is why we had such enthusiastic attendance!

We consider this the minimal ethical requirement of every show. What alternative could we possibly ask for? Some may criticize the show for its International affiliation, and some may criticize it for its 60/40 judging criteria. We personally shoot straight down the line. Although we have always emphasized conformation in our breeding program, we are not afraid of showing under the 60/40 rules as long as it is under independent judges. We more than welcomed our opportunity to show our animals under this particular format!

So, what was the bottom line?

Park View won fourteen Blue Ribbons! These included not only eleven first-place awards in the halter classes, but also both male and female Suri "Best Head," as well as "Produce of Dam" for the fifth consecutive time! We also took second in "Get-of-sire" with brown Suri offspring out of Montoya of PVA, taking second only to white! We also won Grand Champion and/or both Grand Champion and Reserve Champion in every class in which we were eligible for a Championship! Once again, we also won the Supreme Champion female Suri award! Ivory Princess of PVA won first place, "Best Head," and Supreme Champion!

Interestingly, ALL of these animals are from the same lines as Mahogany Prince of PVA (shown on the left) and his offspring from left to right: Montoya of PVA,
Kobe of PVA and Keanu of PVA.

When you have produced Suri alpacas that are greater than any ever seen before in North America or perhaps the world, you naturally want to strive to take them up to the next step up the ladder. This is a challenge. We have tried out-crossing to the "famous" lines, but have been thus far disappointed, as the sire has NOT produced any significant phenotypic improvement. "He" has also decreased the quality of the prior production from the same females.   It is therefore no wonder Mahogany Prince personally prevailed over other lines during his show career. There was a genetic reason for his winnings and that same reason still exists today when his offspring show under independent judges. What is not displayed in the show ring is the outstanding health and predictable reproductive soundness of these genetics.

We are no longer concerned with any deleterious effects with line-breeding this line, as we have thoroughly tested these genetics. Unlike the line-bred animals imported from Peru, who tend to show a preponderance of low IgG's, poor milk production, compromised fertility, low cria retention rate, conformational abnormalities, Choanal Atresia, and other abnormalities.   We have fortunately observed virtually none of these problems with our line-bred offspring. To the contrary, we have observed more consistent production of desirable-quality fiber traits and a true Suri phenotype.

We are striving to be responsible alpaca "BREEDERS", in the veritable livestock breeding modality, for continual and selective breed improvements. Although we do not feel a "Breed Standard" is appropriate for this time in our industry, we are confident that all of our alpacas, both Huacaya and Suri, adhere very closely to the proposed "Breed Standards." Our success in the show ring more than verifies this concept.

With virtually no hype, no false-advertising, and no politics, all we do is breed and "criate" alpacas. The animals, with Fourteen Blue Ribbons in one unbiased show, speak for themselves!

At Park View Alpacas we cherish, value and undeniably stand up for ETHICS in all that we do! We are grateful for the fair and ethical judging environment we feel was created at the International Alpaca Odyssey and are very proud of our results!

We look forward to seeing all of our alpaca friends again at The Futurity! Let's all have a GREAT time!

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