LASC NEWSLETTER. Mom s and their young always a Site...

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1 2013 QUARTERLY UPDATE FREE LASC NEWSLETTER BUNNY AND HER BABY, ALWAYS A WONDER TO SEE MOTHER NATURE AT WORK... Mom s and their young always a Site... The newborn cria is remarkable in many ways. However, the neonatal period ( defined as the first weeks of life ) is the highest risk period of a llama or alpaca s life. These neonates are susceptible to hypothermia, hyperthermia, hypoglycemia, septicemia, and congenital defects. The owner and veterinarian must work together to maximize the crias ability to thrive. In our research in the Camelid Health Program at Ohio State University, we found that up to 36% of crias suffer some form of disease condition between birth and weaning, and that 2% of crias died before weaning. The most common disease conditions were diarrhea and infectious diseases. Crias born with difficulty were four times more likely to suffer a disease event. Crias born in the spring were least likely to suffer from diseases. This research data show how important neonatal health care is to survival and the ability to thrive of the cria. THE FIRST HOURS The first houirs of life are a special bonding period between the dam and the cria. During this period, minimal to no human contact is needed. Take time to be a good observer but do not interfere with the maternal bonding process. Observe the birthing process if possible, but do not interfere unless absolutely necessary. The cria should be born within 30 to 60 minutes of the onset of Stage II ( full strength contraction ) labor. The cria will appear disoriented at first and struggle to sit up within 5 to 15 minutes. UP AND STANDING

2 ! Presidents Message has been a busy time with The Indio Date Festival llama show and the March Magic Show already in the books. A great deal of thanks goes to our two outgoing board members, Pat Leighton and Tracey Wallace, for all the time and hard work they put into our organization over the last several years. Nanci Sutton and I have taken their place on the board and look forward to working with a very dedicated board and steadfast membership. The LASC Board of Directors has been busy planning for the year. We will be adding additional ranch meetings to our yearly schedule as well as other events that are in the forming stages. If you would like to host a meeting, please contact Nanci Sutton. As always, LASC is a long standing organization representing many camelid enthusiasts and interests. Please share your ideas with the board regarding an informative/fun orientated event you would like see held for the membership. This year we will be transitioning from our traditional hard cover membership directory to having the LASC website contain all membership information, services and advertisements. By making this contemporary shift, our organization will become extremely flexible and timely in posting a wide range of information easily accessible to the membership and public. We will also experience a substantial money savings in the process. Our LASC webmaster, Norma Stevens, is currently working on website format and gathering information. More details will be forthcoming shortly regarding website layout, service and advertisement information. To all, enjoy a fantastic year. Wally Baker

3 Editors Message Hi there Everyone, First off I would like to say I am sorry for the delay in the news letter. I am new at this and have had a few difficulties in getting up and going. As we all know our lives are busy. I am very excited about doing the news letter and would encourage you all to please send me anything you feel you would like to see in the letter. My is ltlrose4@aol.com Happy to be a part of LASC and I am looking forward to a fun year showing my animals, seeing my friends, & getting to travel a bit.. P.S. Please bare with me as I am still learning this new program, Pages.. If any of you have a Mac and have suggestions please feel free to contact me...

4 !! Llama Association of Southern California Board of Directors 2013 Wallace Baker Sharon Weisenberger Diane Falconer Heather Ephraim Violet Lynn Baggett Nanci Sutton Norma Stevens President Vice President/Show Chairperson Secretary/Membership Treasure Editor Hospitality/ Events Fiber Connection/ Events Website

5 President s Biography Llama Association of Southern California Board Member Biography Wally Baker Wally initially began raising and exhibiting livestock as a youth with the FFA. During his military service, he was a K-9 handler with the U.S. Air Force. Following his military service, he joined the Californian Highway Patrol and during his 30 year tenure, he helped establish and supervise the first service dog unit for the department. Along with his wife, Maryann, they own a ranch in Riverside, California and have raised llamas since Wally has been a member of Llama Association of Southern California (LASC) since 993 and has served on the LASC board of directors for three terms. Over the last 20 ears, he has exhibited llamas in the Alpaca Llama Show Association (ALSA) in many tates as well as at Regional and Grand National Shows. Wally is a llama judge with LSA and the International Lama Registry Show Division (ILR S-D) as well as a certifier n the Camelid Companion Certification program with the ILR. Wally enjoys conducting training and public involvement with his llamas. In 2007, he as one of 24 LASC members and group of 18 Southern California llamas that articipated in the first-ever Llama Parade Unit ever to be granted entry into the restigious Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. He has been a guest speaker and has conducted informational seminars on a number f camelid related topics for many llama, animal, public service and governmental rganizations. Bringing about mainstream awareness of the many positive attributes, raining and care of llamas has always been a primary goal and of the utmost mportance. Wally

6 Calendar Of Events January February National Date Festival, Indio March March Magic April 13th - LASC Membership Meeting at 's Home - Russ Lewis speaker on First Aid and Llama Health Orange County Pet Expo May June 8-9 Del Mar Fair Llama Show 8 to July 4th Del Mar Fair Llama Education Booth 29th - LASC Membership Meeting July 13 Moonlight Madness Aug Antelope Valley Fair Sept. Oct. Nov. 2nd - LASC Annual Meeting Dec.

7 LASC Membership Ranch Meeting April 13th 10am Icehouse Llamas 217 Rodeo Ct. San Dimas, CA lama First Aid by Russ Lewis What to do before the Vet arrives How to take a temperature How to give a shot What to have in a first aid kit ot luck - A-I Main Dish - J-R Side Dish - S- Z Dessert ring a chair and raffle item uestions contact Nanci Sutton

8 SHOW RESULTS RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR Judge : Kim Yates February 16-17, 2013 ALL SURI MALES CLASSES (Ref: ,02,03 & 04) were cancelled, and any entries were combined with the L/M wool Division ALL SURI FEMALE CLASSES (Ref: , 06, 07, &08) were cancelled, and any entries were combined with the L/M wool divison Class Light/Med. Wool, Juvenile Males Entry 1st I ll Have Another Smile Tor Sorenson Class Light/Med. Wool, Yearling Males Enries 1st LUA Show- Me - Status Tor Sorenson 2nd SRRCA Rico 3rd Keebller 4th Forney s Blue Eragon Robert Jones 5th Icehouse Rinpoche 6th Lone Cowboy RTC Susan Lewis Class Light /Med. Wool, 2-Year Old Males Entry 1st Cremoso Karen Freund Class Light/ Med. Wool, Adult Male Entries 1st Wins Gogees Karen Freund 2nd Skansen s Volley Cindy Nelson 3rd El Falcon s Snofru Richard Falkenberg/Robert Jones Class Light/Med., Wool Male Grand Reserve Grand I ll Have a Nutter Smile Tor Sorenson Reserve LUA Show Me Status Tor Sorenson

9 Class Light /Med., Wool, Juvenile Females Entries 1st Rasborra Tor Sorenson 2nd Carraline Karen Sausman 3rd Cop er StarGlitter Karen Freund 4th Stage Stop Lucky Star Tor Sorenson 5th GHLC Joonbug Tor Sorenson Class Light/ Med., Wool, Yearlings Females Entry 1st WINS Justapose Caroline Welk lass Light/Med., Wool, 2-Year Old Females Entries 1st SHAG Secret Admirer Caroline Welk 2nd SWLC Belle Star Of Black Silk 3rd HOLR Ellegance Tor Sorenson lass Light/Med., Wool, Adult Females Entries 1st Luna Encantada Tor Sorenson 2nd Glam Karen Freund 3rd Rosa Rustica Richard Falkenberg/ Robert Jones 4th Pirta Cindy Nelson 5th Starr Sapphire Patty Oxenham 6th Memphis Susan Lewis 7th Tia s Cassia Bear Sharon Weisenberger 8th Boomdock Sweet Cheeks Violet Lynn Baggett 9th Boomdock Little Miss Carly Jasmine McClung 10th Garden Melodie Jasmine McClung lass Light/Med., Wool Female Grand / Reserve

10 Grand WINS Justapose Caroline Welk Reserve SHAG Secret Admirer Class Heavy Wool, Juvenille Males Entries Class Heavy Wool, Yearlings Males Entry Caroline Welk 1st Wins Monarchist Tor Sorenson Class Heavy Wool, 2-Year Old Males Entries Class Heavy Wool, Adult Males Entries 1st Aloha Secret Agent Smooch Crystal Myers 2nd Argentine Sugabo 3rd Mr. Te Richard Falkenberg/ Robert Jones 4th Argentine Pepe Class Heavy Wool, Male Grand/Reserve Grand Aloha Secret Agent Smooch Crystal Myers Reserve Wins Monarchist Tor Sorensen Class All Heavy Wool, Female Classes (ref: ,6,7, & 8) were cancelled, & any entries were combined w/ light wool Class Yearling Non- Breeders Entries Class 2- Yearling Non-Breeders Entry 1st Icehouse Chokwit Wabbit

11 Class Adult Non-Breeders Entries 1st Tarlington Shantelle Summers 2nd FPL Iggy Pop 3rd Boomdocks Christopher Cappy Kathrine Virgo 4th Boomdocks Lucky Jax Christopher Varga 5th Bugsey Malone Kaitlyn Virgo 6th RMP Redford Crystal Myers 7th Argentine Pampino Dylan Myers Non - Breeder- Grand/ Reserve Grand Tarlington Shantelle Summers Reserve Icehouse Chokwit Wabbit Class Get of Sire Entry 1st ElFalcon s Dela Ora Richard Falkenberg Class Produce of Dam Entry 1st Nanag Tor Sorensen 2nd Raposa Richard Falkenberg Supreme Champion Halter Llama Winner Aloha Secret Agent Smooch Crystal Myers

12 Class Junior Youth Showmanship (Ages 8-11) 0- Entries Llama Class Intermediate Youth Showmanship (Ages 12-14)3- Entries Llama 1st Nathan Bonde Liberty s Let Freedom Ring 2nd Christopher Varga Boomdocks Lucky Jax 3rd Austin Lemieux GHLC Holy Smokes Class Senior Youth Showmanship Llama (Ages 15 thru 18 ) 6- Entries 1st Isabel McClung Anisette s Antonio 2nd Jasmine McClung Garden Melodie 3rd Kyle Free GHLC Holy Smokes 4th Danielle Freeman Wakay 5th Samantha Freeman Billy the Kid(Running in the Desert) 6th Kaitlynn Virgo Bugsey Malone Class Adult Showmanship 7- Entries Llama st Sharon Weisenberger Tia s Cassia Bear 2nd Dylan Myers Argentine Pampino 3rd Crystal Myers Aloha Secret Agent Smooch 4th Patti Oxenham Starr Sapphire 5th Caroline Welk Shag Secret Admirer 6th Cindy Nelson Skansen s Volley 7th Lauren Pyle Boomdocks Stormie Day In May Class Intermediate Youth Obstacle Llama (Ages 12 thru 14) 3- Entries 1st Austin Lemieux GHLC Holy Smokes 2nd Nathan Bonde Liberty s Let Freedom Ring 3rd Christopher Varga Boomdocks Lucky Jax Class Senior Youth Obstacle Llama (Ages 15 thru 18) 6- Entries 1st Kyle Free GHLC Hoy Smokes 2nd Isabel McClung Anisette s Antonio 3rd Samantha Freeman Billy the Kid(Running in the Dessert) 4th Danielle Freeman Wakay 5th Jasmine McClung Garden Melodie

13 6th Kaitlyn Virgo Bugsey Malone lass Intermediate Youth Public Relations Llama /2 (Ages ) 3- Entries 1st Christopher Varga Boomdocks Lucky Jax 2nd Nathan Bonde Liberty s Let Freedom Ring 3rd Austin Lemieux GHLC Holy Smokes Class Senior Youth Public Relations (Ages 15-18) 6-Entries 1st Isabel McClung 2nd Kyle Free 3rd Samantha Freeman 4th Danielle Freeman 5th Jasmine McClung 6th Kaitlyn Virgo lass Intermediate Youth Pack /2 (Ages 12 thru 14) 3 Entries 1st Nathan Bonde 2nd Christopher Varga 3rd Austin Lemieux Llama Anisette s Antonio GHLC Holy Smokes Billy The Kid (Running in the Desert) Wakay Garden Melodie Bugsey Malone Llama Liberty s Let Freedom Ring Boomdocks Lucky Jax GHLC Holy Smokes lass Senior Youth Pack Llama (Ages 15 thru 18) 6-Entries 1st Isabel McClung 2nd Kyle Free 3rd Samantha Freeman 4th Danielle Freeman 5th Kaitlyn ntermediate Youth Performance Champion Llama (Ages 12 thru 14) Anisette s Antonio GHLC Holy Smokes Billy The Kid(Running in the Desert) Wakay Bugsey Malone Grand Nathan Bonde Liberty s Let Freedom Ring Reserve Christopher Varga Boomdocks Lucky Jax Senior Youth Performance Champion Llama Grand Isabel McClung Anisette s Antonio Reserve Kyle Free GHLC Holy Smokes

14 Show High Point- Intermediate Youth (Ages 12-14) Winner Nathan Bonds Show High Point- Senior Youth (Ages 15-18) Winner Isabel McClung Class Advanced Obstacles Entries 1st Mmemphis 2nd Argentine Pepe 3rd Starr Sapphire 4th Argentine Sugabo 5th Tia s Cassia Bear 6th Wins Fergus O Rusky 7th RMP Redford Class Novice Obstacle Entries 1st Boomdocks Little Miss Carly 2nd HMR Strider 3rd FPL Iggy Pop 4th Icehouse Chokwit Wabbit 5th Argentine Pampino 6th Lone Cowboy RTC 7th Forney s Blue Eargon 8th SRRCA Rico 9th Cassia s Hot Chocolate 10th Keebller 11th JNK Tobias Kahkneeta 12th Inca Dinka Doo Class Advanced Public Relations Entries 1st Mmemphis 2nd Argentine Pepe Llama Liberty s Let Freedom Ring Llama Anisette s Antonio Susan Lewis Patti Oxenham Sharon Weisenberger Lisa Garcia Crystal Myers Jasmine McClung Sharon Weisenberger Dylan Myers Susan Lewis Robert Jones Sharon Weisenberger Karen Freund Violet Lynn Baggett Susan Lewis

15 3rd Argentine Sugabo 4th Tia s Cassia Bear Sharon Weisenberger 5th RMP Redford Crystal Myers 6th Starr Sapphire Patti Oxenham 7th Wins Fergus O Rusky Lisa Garcia Class Novice Public Relations Entries 1st Boomdocks Little Miss Carly Jasmine McClung 2nd FPL Iggy Pop 3rd SSRCA Rico 4th Cassia s Hot Chocolate Sharon Weisenberger 5th Lone Cowboy RTC Susan Lewis 6th H.M.R. Strider Sharon Weisenberger 7th Icehouse Chokwit Wabbit 8th Skansen s Volley Cindy Nelson 9th Arentine Pampino 10th Boomdocks Stormie Day In May Lauren Pyle 11th Zoe of the Desert Patti Oxenham 12th Keebller Class Advanced Pack Obstacle Entries 1st RMP Redford 2nd Mmemphis 3rd Argentine Sugabo 4th Tia s Cassia Bear 5th Argentine Pepe 6th Starr Sapphire 7th WINS Fergus O Rusky Class Novice Pack Obstacles Entries 1st Lone Cowboy RTC 2nd Forney s Blue Eragon 3rd Argentine Pamoino Crystal Myers Susan Lewis Sharon Weisenberger Patti Oxenham Lisa Garcia Susan Lewis Robert Lewis Dylan Myers

16 4th Boomdocks Sweet Cheeks Violet Lynn Baggett 5th H.M.R. Strider Sharon Weisenberger 6th FPL Iggy Pop 7th Boomdocks Christoper Cappy Kaitlynn Virgo 8th Boomdocks Little Miss Carly Jasmine McClung 9th Skaksen s Volley Cindy Nelson 10th Stage Stop DeBeers Karen Freund 11th Icehouse Rinpoche 12th Icehouse Chokwit Wabbit Novice Performance Champion Grand Boomdocks Little Miss Carly Jasmine McClung Reserve FPL Iggy Pop Advanced Performance Champion Grand Mmemphis Susan Lewis Reserve Argentine Pepe High Point Performance Winner Mmemphis Best of Show Llama Winner FPL Iggy Pop Susan Lewis

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