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Dundee's Caledonia Jaxon
Dundee's Etta of Adrenalin
Dundee's AJ Bentley
Dundee's AJ Stormcat
Saskatoon Sally |
2007 Crias as yearlings
Caledonia, an Axtion Jaxon daughter out of Sakura, a White Out daughter. This has been a successful pairing that has produced champions and show ring winners. Caledonia's striking red-brown color draws your attention first. He impeccable conformation and beautiful head are complemented by fine, long, dense fleece. She has the solid structure we look for in females: dense bone, perfect proportions, and a capacious body that can easily carry and birth babies. Callie is an eye catching gem. Etta Born of two champions, Etta is truly remarkable. She is an Adrenalin daughter out of Clementine and the combination is stunning. She has long fine fleece with plenty of character. Her "look" is nothing short of perfect. She has a rock solid structure, a beautiful head, and shows signs of being a herd leader. Etta (whose eyelashes come down past her jaw!) has the look of a champion. All of her dam's other crias have achieved this award, and we expect Etta to follow.
Olivia Timbuktu Olivia is the first cria of our beloved Pandemonium. She is an Adrenalin daughter and carries the Adrenalin look. Her fleece is exquisite: long, fine, dense, and full of character. Her face will melt your heart. Olivia is solidly built, beautifully balanced, and absolutely adorable. Timbuktu is another Adrenalin son (Adrenalin's first son, Ace, became a Reserve Color Champion) with his sire's beautiful, dense, long fleece. His dam, Diosa, is a Fandango daughter and carries the Bueno bloodline. We think this is an unbeatable combination. Everyone who visits is drawn to Timmy and can see his herdsire potential. We can't wait to take him to the fall shows. Stormcat, Bentley, and Daphne These three true black crias are all sired by Axtion Jaxon. Daphne (below right) is one of those crias that Bentley has long, dense, bright fleece, which he carries on an impressive frame. He has that perfect Axtion Jaxon conformation: beautifully balanced with a strong, solid frame. His dam, Arabesque, is a three time Color Champion making Bentley a product of two black champion lines. We would expect him to be a boy who can predictably throw color along with his other impressive traits. Stormcat Stormcat's dam is our Color Champion Tina Nocturna, an Othello daughter. He has captured the best of his dam and sire and has already done well in the show ring - 2nd, as the youngest, in a competitive class at the Great Western Alpaca Show. Also a product of two true black champions, he is turning heads already.
Saskatoon Sally is another Canadian out of HP Wee Lassie and HP Sammuri, a Super Sam son from High Plains Alpacas in Saskatoon. Her fiber is remarkably soft and silky with a remarkable brightness. She has coverage right down to her toes. Her balance, conformation, and style are perfect and we couldn't be more pleased. Add to this a sweet and curious personality and Sally (right) is a joy in our herd. She is strong, robust, and easy to be around.
After 11 years in the breeding business, we are consistently breeding high quality breeding stock that we believe is the future of North American breeding. We combine well-known and more rare bloodlines to produce robust alpacas that will go on to breed the next generations of excellence. It is a pleasure to watch them grow and thrive as they bound around the pastures at Dundee Farm. We are now seeing a particular "look" in our crias that translates to high quality fleece, correct conformation, balance, and strength. This is what we have strived for and we are very pleased with the last crop of crias. We look forward to this years babies and seeing what our new Canadian stock will bring to our herd.
Tenacity (left) and Zamboni (08 crias) have perfected the fine art of 'rastlin' |
Dundee's Tenacity |
2008 Crias
Tenacity is very well named. He is the son of Pandemonium and Toberlone, an Othello son. He has a beautiful fawn color with fine, bright fleece on a sturdy frame. His beautiful masculine head will catch your attention the minute you see him and his curious, bold nature won't let you look away. Tenacity is robust, full of energy, and always leading the 2008 baby gang. His sire, a true black who took Reserve Champion Black at the Great Western Alpaca Show, is out of a medium silver gray dam who is a Royal Inca Legend daughter. We would therefore expect that Tenacity will be a valuable herdsire for those wishing to add the fine characteristics of fawn fleece to their gray and black dams. He's still very young, but he exhibits great promise. |
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Zamboni of Artic Ice |
Zamboni is the son of our recently imported Canadian girl Aztec D'Anna, whom we bought at the Canadian futurity from Aztec Alpacas. We have waited a long time to have a dam like D'Anna and her breeding to S.Accoyo Artic Ice made her even more desirable. (See D'Anna below with Zamboni at 3 days old) Zamboni's siblings from Artic Ice were in three different classes at the futurity and took first in all three. One was a full sibling, Aztec Arctic Impact, and his 1/2 sibling Aztec Inukshuk, took Grand C Zamboni's fleece is extraordinarily soft, crimpy, and bright. His curls go right into his belly, up to his head, and down to his toes. In this photo on the left, he is only three weeks old and already his presence is felt. He has dense bones, a solid frame, and a beautiful head. We are thrilled to have a cria of this quality join our herd. Stay tuned.
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Dundee's Kelty Khan |
Kelty Khan is the daughter of another of our Canadian girls, Brandy. Her sire, HP High Khan is a multiple Canadian champion from the High Plains Alpacas herd. Her dam carries the bloodlines of Super Sam, Javier, and Amadeus (from the Australian Jolimont herd). Her fleece is fine, curly, soft, and dense. She is robust, heavily boned, and beautifully balanced. She is a soft light fawn color and from day one, the quality of her fleece was obvious. Kelty carries a lot of strong Canadian bloodlines from proven champions, and it shows. Check out her fleece in the picture below taken on day one. |
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Sara Jane with Axtion Jaxon at his last Great Western Alpaca Show where he placed first. AJ has never disappointed us. All his cria are black or brown. Many have gone on to become champions and first place winners. He is a four time Reserve Champion and a winner of the Get of Sire - rare for a true black. |
THE JUDGE In February 2006, Sara Jane received her certification to be an AOBA Judge qualified in all four areas: Huacaya halter, Suri halter, Fleece, and Performance. Her first show was in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada followed by the Monterey Pronk, Mopaca, AOBA Nationals, and other assignments in both the US and Canada. There is talk of some shows in Sweden and Finland as well. Sara Jane is very grateful to the many people who helped put the Judge Training program together, and especially those Judges with whom she apprenticed. |
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is born with everything you were hoping for. Her dam, a beautiful white Canadian girl named Maple Sugar, provided the fine, long, fleece and beautiful head. AJ followed on with color, balance, and perfect conformation. Daphne is owned by Fairview Farms Alpacas. 
champion in the whites. 
