Sweet Pines' Gelata

We must say, with much sadness, Dirk is no longer with us. He had a urinary blockage and had to be put down on May 6, 2019 . The vets at WSU tried valiantly to save him, but it was obvious to all that he was going downhill. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord! Job 1:21 He was a phenomenal male. ______________________________________________________________ Look at his 2018 histogram. He's TEN years old. Do you think that might mean lingering fineness? This boy just keeps on amazing us! In 2018, I did a search on OpenHerd of white proven 1/2 Accoyo Peruvian studs, 2 to 9 years old in the U.S. 42 white studs came up with stud fees ranging from $200 to $3500. The interesting thing is that of those 42 studs, only 6 had a recent histogram from 2016 or 2017. There were NO STUDS with recent histograms that had a micron under 21. This piqued my interest so I did a search on Alpaca Nation and pulled up 67 white studs, 6-10 years. Of those, only 6 had a recent histogram (2016-17). Of those, the best was a 5-year-old with an 18.3 micron (very presentable!) There were famous farm progeny and even an Aga Khan son and most had no recent histogram. The fact that Dirk is 10 years with a 18 micron is rather phenomenal! He did us proud with his 2018 EPD results Top 3% in AFD with —1.908 value: his progeny should have lower than average AFD Top 1.5% in SDAFD with —.602 value: progeny should have more uniformity than average TOP 1.5 in Spin Fineness, —2.145 value: progeny should have lower SF than average TOP 5% in %F>30, —6.265 value: progeny should have less micron >30 than average TOP 3% in mean curvature, +5.444 value: progeny should have more crimp than average SDMC, value +2.041:progeny should have more uniform crimp than average %Medullation, value —1.024: progeny should have less medullation Fleece Weight, value +.241: progeny should have heavier FW than average ALL of these are POSITIVE fleece characteristics. His only ding was in staple length. We recommend you choose your girls with the LONGEST staple length and the coarsest fleece and see how Dirk will improve them. Click to see a copy of the CONTRACT for a herdsire breeding. Excellent 2014 EPD results of 16828 alpacas: Top 1% SDAFD Top 1% Mean Curvature Top 2% Spin Fineness & SDMC Top 3% AFD Top 4% %F>30 And . . . DIRK won the 2014 AOA National Spin-Off! His sire, Accoyo America Diomedes (now deceased), ranked in the top 1% in the 2013 EPD stats for all these: AFD, SDAFD, SF %F>30, MC, SDMC.