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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
People love to ask questions about alpacas. They are unusual animals and many people have not spent much time with them. In today's episode, I run through these typical questions and offer some perspectives and answers that might satisfy that curiosity.
If you have any other questions, please email me and we can include them in a future episode.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Alpacas have a pace all of their own. And if we choose to, we can let them teach us to find a slower rhythm that could just suit us better. I love it when alpaca life spills over into the rest of life.
What do you notice about your alpacas? What about friends, family and colleagues? What about you?
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I share some of my alpaca obsessions. Where are they and what are they doing?
We learn by making mistakes - hopefully small and not disastrous ones. It starts that way when we first start keeping alpacas and it continues. The specifics change as we get more experience and more adventurous!
Keep learning and if you can go spend some time with some alpacas.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
You can enjoy being with alpacas whatever the weather. They seem to cope with it all but it does change their behaviour, which is true of us too. Here in the UK particularly, we seem to be obsessed with the weather.
The wind can put an extra spring in an alpacas step. If you can go spend some time with your alpacas in windy weather and notice what is going on with them.
Whatever the weather - enjoy the alternative perspective alpacas bring to our worlds.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, everyone maybe talking AI - but not everyone is talking Alpaca Intelligence
Join me as I consider the intelligence shown by these amazing creatures.
I also got caught out in the rain and had to shelter while giving breakfast to the girls. Preparation and spontaneity. Why not have a half-hour holiday with your alpacas? But take something to sit on, the ground is wet from that latest shower.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Sometimes we can feel lost even when we are not and other times, we really are lost and need help.
Being lost means there is a piece of information missing. Either we don't know where we are; we don't know where to go; or we don't know how to get where we are going.
Strategies to move forward include waiting for more data, starting to make a move in the best direction we can discern and hope for landmarks, ask for directions.
Which is the right thing to do? It all depends.
Check out the episode notes for the video of finding Ninian the lost cria - more misplaced really.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, we consider how alpacas like being with other alpacas and ask the question - how many make a herd?
Alpacas love to be able to see other alpacas. They have a strong herd instinct and to help them thrive we need to understand this and accommodate it as much as we can.
How many make a herd? One alpaca on its own is not a herd. But that doesn't mean two is either. I recommend a minimum of at least three or more when possible. The capacity of your land for a herd of alpacas is an interplay of space, grazing, shelter and type of land. Don't run to the maximum but leave yourself some headroom.
Have you noticed they often face the same direction when grazing - why is that? Answers on a digital-postcard.
Spend time with your alpacas and keep your eyes open.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I consider the colours of alpacas and what my favourite is. And no, it is not blue!
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, listen in for a valley update - the alpacas, the birds, the warmth and the water levels.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, Alpacas are predictable until they are not. The same can be said of the weather.
Join me for some musings and a valley update.
What is predictable?
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Alpacas are semi-ruminant. That means they have multiple stomach compartments (three) and chew the cud. This kind of digestion is similar to cows and sheep which are the ruminants most people know about. These are not separate stomachs but compartments. This seems amazingly simple to my alpacas but I can't easily get my head around how it all works the way it should.
Definitely worth spending time with your alpacas watching this part of an important process we may be overlooking.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Building cooperation comes by building trust. Being trustworthy to your alpacas is a worthwhile investment even if it takes time and effort.
Start with the simple and take small steps and you can grow your alpacas' confidence in you - and also your own confidence in you. A clear win-win.
Leading is different to managing. I vote for leading - listen in to find out why.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, we are thinking about how ordinary and extraordinary days can both start looking the same. But keep your eyes open, you never know when the extraordinary is going to show up and surprise and delight.
Frequently around cria birthing time, I have found this to be true.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, the air was still and the valley was quiet. The alpacas were waiting for breakfast. What a great start to the day.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I finish the update on this year's shearing and happenings in the valley. It is always nice to clean up and pack away the shearing equipment for another year. It went well, we had a good crop of fleece and almost all of the herd were in good shape. Satisfying.
Of course, another round of feeding and weather-watching follows straight after, but at least the heavy work is done for now.
Time to take a breath and smile - while spending some time with the alpacas.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, we revisit episode one when it all began. Unexpected commitments have kept me from my microphone this week but should be back to normal next. This is where we began. Hope you enjoy. Steve
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode,
The weather shifted in the right direction, allowing us to start the shearing. A good crop of fleece - better than last year and the girls all seem to be in good shape, which is nice to see.
Keeping records is a good idea - keep it simple and make it easy. I use this app on my phone to dictate notes or capture photos and website links etc. If I could only have one app on my phone it would be this one. https://bear.app/
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, walking with alpacas is a delight. Watch them move. Note the footfalls and the fluid motion. Watch them from many angles. It is a great reason to go spend time with your alpacas.
We had some visitors to come talk alpaca fibre and fashion and regeneration. Lovely.
Check out their wider work here
https://www.fashionactnow.org/projects
https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/en
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I offer a quick valley update and some alpaca musings. Join me for breakfast with the girls.
Check out the bird listening/recording/identifying app Merlin
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I muse on some of the realities we face when we choose to live with alpacas. I am not trying to put you off, well, only a little. But, I do want you to avoid having an unrealistic, romantic notion of what is will be like.
If you already have alpacas, you already know they bring highs and lows - joy and sorrow. But I wouldn't be without them.
If you can, go spend some time with some alpacas, and breathe.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
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