ASPENALPACAS NIGHTSHADE HAS LANDED ON MaRS! SQUARE/BOXY PROFILE CORRECT FRONT & REAR STUNNING HEAD WITH EXCEPTIONAL COVERAGE COLOR: SHINY TRUE BLACK FLEECE:. CONSISTENT MED FREQ ARCHITECTURE TO THE STAPLES, SHOWS DEFINED BUNDLING EXTREME DENSITY LONG STAPLE LENGTH BRIGHT FLEECE TEMPERAMENT: CALM EASILY HANDLED WE HAVE DECIDED TO PULL NIGHTSHADE FROM OUR HERDSIRE LINE-UP DUE TO SOME HEALTH ISSUES. THESE ISSUES DO NOT AFFECT HIS FLEECE PRODUCTION BUT DO REQUIRE SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

I must confess that I was really hoping to see spots when I paired our appy female, Dixie, with Victory's Liberator, but unless you count 2 spots on her back hip, it didn't happen! We suspect the spots are in there and hopefully someone with unrelated appaloosa genetics will purchase Lota. Lota has tons of potential to take any fleece minded owner. Her staple length is absolutely incredible! The uniformity of her blanket fleece along with consistent, bright, well-defined crimp is something we all strive to get in our herds. Check out her fiber stats! She had been bred to Maestro in hopes of bringing out some spots along with some fabulous fleece. The result? We got a beige male with a single spot! Lota proved herself to be an excellent mom and her son flourished! Unfortunately we lost Lota's cria for 2021 due to heat stress when we had temps in the triple digits. Lota had been bred to AspenAlpacas Nightshade our handsome true black for 2022. The result is a healthy, dark fawn female, Matara from MaRS! Due to a prolapse prior to delivering her last two crias, each progressively worse, we are removing Lota from our breeding program and she will be available as a non-breeder. Lota will not be sold with her registration. Come meet Lota and her friends! We don't often have non-breeder females but we currently have a couple available.

Sometimes you get one of those alpacas that is special from day one, that would be Utopia! He has an extremely bright, shiny fleece rarely seen in a gray teamed with uniformity and character. Make sure you check out his fleece stats for his first and second shearings, impressive! His cria fleece was sold after taking high awards at Fiber Fusion, although it wasn't technically for sale! Solid Build Heavy Bone Gorgeous Fleece Consistent Fleece Character Well Defined Crimp Lingering Fineness Utopia was used in our 4H program in 2019 so he has been handled and even put through obstacle courses with impressive results! All this translates into a breeding male that is easily handled. He was headed to the shows in the spring of 2020 but Covid hit and the shows were canceled. Unfortunately he's not going to get his chance to compete in halter shows. Don't let the lack of show record detract from his potential! His fleece has done very well at local fleece shows. Check out his progeny!