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Alpaca Tribe — 357 episodes

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Do you focus on the big picture or close up?

2

Spring arrivals and departures in the valley

3

What could your lifetime journey actually be?

4

Slowing down to an alpaca rhythm

5

A half hour holiday with the alpacas

6

The best plan is an alpaca plan

7

Alpaca breakfast is my favourite meal of the day

8

Areas of alpaca growth

9

And so the alpaca new year begins

10

A Christmas walk with in the valley with the alpacas

11

A welcome from the alpacas

12

How alpacas can teach you to be flexible

13

Alpacas in the reservoir valley

14

A walk and talk in the valley

15

Catching up with visitors to the valley

16

Food water and mucking out - the daily alpaca chores

17

Have you worked out how alpacas sit down?

18

Fall arriving in the valley with the alpacas

19

What is a good number of alpacas to have?

20

A beautiful morning for breakfast with the alpacas

21

What to ignore with your alpacas

22

How to prepare for cria birthing season

23

Fond memories of cria watch and alpaca birthing season

24

Hunting flies and growing your alpaca herd

25

That was a close shave

26

Some alpaca jobs just need two people

27

Chilling in the sun with the alpacas

28

How to speak alpaca - or at least try

29

Valley update and podcast news

30

Alpacas get old too

31

A Spring/Autumn catch up with Rita Soares in Australia

32

An update in the valley with the alpacas

33

Rate limiting factors for growth

34

One way to help your alpacas trust you

35

Great opportunities to spend time with your alpacas

36

Providing appropriate shelter for alpacas

37

Creating the best expectations with your Alpacas

38

What alpacas need and like

39

Alpaca reflections after breakfast with the girls

40

Knowing when it is time to change tack

41

The holidays are over but winter work is available

42

Being in control is limited

43

Alpacas in the new year - continuity or conservation

44

An alpaca New Year

45

Holiday Greetings and being intentional

46

I went in search of Normal and found it

47

On my own in the quiet valley

48

My alpacas remain a mystery

49

Valley update in the quiet after the storm

50

Winter weather can always catch you by surprise

51

There's always something when you have alpacas

52

Megan's Mischief and Amelia's Feast: An Alpaca Story

53

Autumn With Alpacas: Pastures, Paths, and Posturing

54

It is good to maintain your tools and fences

55

Happy and healthy alpacas

56

Unexpected change to the alpaca feed arrangements

57

That seems like a lot of alpaca breakfasts

58

Questions people often ask me about alpacas

59

Alpacas seem to slow me down, in a good way

60

Know where your alpacas are

61

Alpacas are good in any weather

62

Alpaca Intelligence - the new AI

63

When you are feeling a bit lost with your alpacas

64

As herd animals alpacas want to be together

65

Your favourite alpaca colour

66

Watching in the valley

67

The challenge of predicting alpacas and the weather

68

Are you noticing the alpaca daily grind?

69

Is it better to lead or manage your alpacas?

70

Was your latest alpaca day ordinary or extraordinary?

71

A quiet start to the alpaca day

72

It's not over until it is finished

73

Back to the beginning

74

Shearing alpacas is always different

75

Walking with alpacas literally and metaphorically

76

Food fleece and feathers

77

What is it like to live with alpacas?

78

What could intentional interactions with your alpacas look like?

79

Arrivals that surprise

80

Alpacas have eyes that look back

81

Spring makes me think of alpaca births

82

Be even more alpaca

83

Hats and alpacas revisited as spring arrives

84

Do your alpacas notice when you wear a hat?

85

Learning through alpaca shows - even if you do your own

86

Ways to thrive with your alpacas

87

Chirps, Honks, and Alpacas: A Winter Day on the Farm

88

Ten things that make alpacas different to other animals

89

How to grow your herd of alpacas

90

It is always hard when you lose an old friend

91

Assumptions we make about alpacas may not be the full story

92

A small breeder's view of the Australian alpaca industry

93

Summer and Winter at the same time

94

Using your head and your heart

95

Sitting in the cold with your alpacas

96

Thinking of planning your alpaca year

97

Sounds of the season

98

Seasons greetings and hopes for the new year

99

Your alpaca questions will change over time

100

How to avoid stress with alpacas

101

Reflections down on the farm

102

What do your alpacas think of at Thanksgiving?

103

How to know if you are an alpaca fanatic

104

The questions spread beyond alpacas

105

What are the best alpaca questions to ask?

106

What is your favorite time? Mine is alpaca time.

107

Marking 250 Alpaca Tribe episodes

108

Paying attention to the alpacas and other things

109

Taking a quick alpaca holiday

110

Storms on the horizon but it is that time of year

111

Knowing when to panic

112

Three steps to easy Alpacas or Alpacas the hard way

113

Are you having an ordinary day?

114

Goldilocks and the three bears Bonus

115

What stories do alpacas tell about us?

116

Being seen by your alpacas

117

Visitors are good for everybody

118

Being prepared and doing the ordinary stuff

119

Can you see beyond the ordinary?

120

Returning to the alpacas

121

Finding an alpaca rhythm you can follow

122

Alpaca fleece inspiration

123

An alpaca journey can take you a long way

124

Start with what you are good at

125

Did you know that alpacas queue?

126

Catching flies and thinking how to break cycles

127

What to look for in an alpaca

128

A quick run through the shearing at a slow pace

129

It will be nice when we finish and the alpacas agree

130

What is the best way to solve your alpaca problems?

131

Do you find your limitations helpful?

132

It's just how we roll with the alpacas

133

I always feel grateful to have alpacas in my life

134

I don't always make the right conclusion about my alpaca's behaviour

135

Shelter for comfort but also protection and safety for your alpacas

136

What makes you decide this is your favourite place?

137

Things that will make you a better alpaca shepherd

138

Do your alpacas like you singing?

139

When do you keep doing the same thing and when something different?

140

A visit from winter, the vet and the feed delivery man

141

How do we know when we have reached the end of the story?

142

Similarities and differences at the other end of the world

143

Reflecting on where we have got to with our alpacas

144

What are you going to do now?

145

Alpaca Shepherd Skills and Jeremiah's New Arrival

146

Alpacas keep you on your toes on both sides of the pond

147

Coats for the cold weather

148

Taking the long view with alpacas

149

Are you getting back to normal yet?

150

Living in the in-between

151

Alpacas, a stable, and thoughts of Christmas

152

An ice skating alpaca

153

My priorities in the cold weather - feeding and mucking out

154

What would make you do it differently?

155

Happy Thanksgiving and First Frost

156

Landmarks and milestones on your roadmap

157

What is your road map for your alpaca adventure

158

That's a lot of alpaca episodes

159

Going to your alpacas for wisdom

160

Learning to read the ruffles alpacas sometimes have

161

Alpacas and the green gym

162

Boys will be boys and Hermione is inscrutable

163

You never know who you might meet on the path

164

Getting past the fear

165

New arrivals for the Weisman's Part 2

166

New arrivals for the Weisman family

167

When you notice something, hold it long enough until you are sure

168

What business are we in?

169

Getting closer to deciding to keep alpacas

170

Are all your visitors welcome?

171

A walk and talk with the alpacas

172

Is that normal for an alpaca

173

Having fun with your alpacas

174

What are your sounds of summer?

175

Marking time at the pace of your alpacas

176

But what does it mean?

177

What does success with your alpacas mean to you?

178

Alpacas and the future

179

A successful shearing season

180

Time for an alpaca haircut

181

Things that surprise alpacas

182

Talking with my alpacas

183

Change is here to stay

184

Mistakes as learning opportunities

185

Life Lessons I have learnt from my alpacas

186

Understanding traction and friction to be a better alpaca owner

187

Understanding your alpacas

188

Felting with many needles with guest Lanette Freitag

189

Revisiting where Alpaca Tribe started

190

Spring is sprung for the alpacas

191

Making alpaca breeding decisions can be challenging

192

Everything in a state of flux

193

Alpacas are creatures of habit, usually...

194

Have you noticed the alpacas in the middle?

195

Alpacas have family and friends too

196

Thinking hazard and risk assessment when you have alpacas around

197

Making alpaca decisions

198

The joy of alpaca footprints in your backyard

199

Beginning where we left off we travel into the new year

200

Talking alpacas from a vet's perspective - Part 2

201

Talking alpacas from a vet's perspective - Part 1

202

Alpaca moments that stood out in 2022

203

Happy Holidays with your alpacas

204

How Geno and Vinnie met Flip and the story had to be told

205

A walk on the wet side

206

The calm after the storm

207

Thanksgiving with the alpacas

208

Decision making and procrastination with your alpacas

209

The first thing you notice about alpacas

210

Finding your alpaca rhythm

211

Looking after yourself and your alpacas

212

Confidence for everyone

213

Always learning and seeing the positive as well as the problem

214

5 reasons for keeping alpacas

215

Autumn has arrived – no, really this time

216

A late alpaca arrival

217

Can you be right every time?

218

What does it mean

219

Sitting about with the alpacas

220

Millie the alpaca matriarch is a bit of a stick in the mud

221

Always keep an eye on your alpacas - you just never know

222

The start of cria arrivals 2021

223

Listening to your alpacas and yourself

224

Physics and keeping alpacas – make it work for you

225

Being more comfortable with your alpacas

226

A bit more confidence with alpacas

227

Three things you can do to build your confidence with alpacas

228

The sounds of breakfast with the alpacas

229

More talking Australian alpacas - showing and shearing

230

Talking Australian Alpacas

231

What is it like to keep alpacas?

232

It is nice to know when you have finished something

233

Hidden beneath the alpaca fleece

234

Sleeping like a baby... alpaca

235

Connecting with old friends - Jeremiah Owen in California

236

Settling into the rhythm of a new season

237

What do you know about Alpacas? Take the quiz

238

The magic of felting with alpaca fleece

239

Creating the best environment for your alpacas

240

Let your alpacas put some colour in your life

241

Don’t you just love breakfast with the alpacas

242

Lessons from the pandemic and weaning

243

Alpaca Common Sense

244

Are your alpacas on mute?

245

How do you count your alpacas?

246

Why keep alpacas?

247

Watching and waiting as Spring inches closer

248

Remembering where we began with our alpacas

249

Approaching the spring with alpacas

250

Alpacas and the snow

251

When the vegetation is at winter's low tide

252

Starting the New year with your alpacas

253

Christmas Bonus

254

Reviewing the year 2020

255

Talking to alpacas

256

Alpacas 101

257

Celebrating 100 episodes

258

Grass is more than green

259

Paka Apparel with Kris Cody

260

Be more alpaca

261

What makes alpacas so calming?

262

Alpacas slowing down with the season

263

Keeping warm in Wisconsin and beyond with Campo Alpaca

264

Time until you have to mention alpacas?

265

Season change

266

Understanding Alpacas

267

Talking behaviour with Marty McGee Bennett – part 2

268

CameliDynamics with Marty McGee Bennett

269

Cria Catch Up with Tanya Russell

270

Wild wind and wet alpacas

271

About that alpaca fleece in the corner…

272

That Alpaca Question

273

Peru Projects and growing cria

274

Good fences for good neighbours

275

Losing Lewys

276

Older New Arrivals

277

Strange Summer

278

Cria Watch Continues

279

Catching cria

280

Cria naming

281

Creative Crochet with Toft

282

Shearing Wash Up

283

Alpaca Shearing can be fun

284

Traceable alpaca yarn - all the way to Peru and back

285

My Happy Place with alpacas

286

Alpacas and Llamas - as pretty as a picture

287

It's raining, alpacas

288

Shearing on the Horizon

289

Between Two Mountains

290

Navigating a Difficult Alpaca Birth

291

Alpaca Spring

292

waiting and remembering

293

Ramblings of an Alpaca Shepherd

294

The day alpacas entered my life

295

Does anyone need an alpaca dentist?

296

Cria Comfort

297

Alpacas on purpose

298

Fall in love with alpacas - Steve interviewed by Tania Marien

299

British Alpaca Society - the CEO speaks

300

Making a living from alpacas

301

Motivation and Behaviour in Alpacas

302

Meeting Your First Alpaca

303

Getting to Know You 54

304

Old Year New Year 53

305

Alpacas at Christmas 52

306

Moving Farm with Alpacas Pt2 //51

307

Alpacas Down-Under 50

308

What is going on? 49

309

My Alpacas and Other Animals

310

Californian Catch Up Alpaca Style 47

311

Basic alpaca appraisal 46

312

Having alpacas in your life 45

313

Season Change and Welsh Alpaca Show 44

314

Building your alpaca business 43

315

Building an alpaca business in Ireland 42

316

Alpaca Success 41

317

Alpaca Vision 40

318

The right number of alpacas 39

319

Expected Alpaca Behaviour 38

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37 It is all about the fibre with Bridget Tibbs-Hamilton

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36 Brian Schieber of Purely Alpaca, California

322

35 The Critical Alpaca

323

34 Planning a Farm Open Day

324

33 time in the alpaca barn

325

32 Seeing alpacas through your eyes

326

31. Confident & Fulfilled Owners

327

Happy and Healthy Alpacas

328

Choosing our alpacas

329

Waiting for the expected - cria that is

330

Alpacas - a metaphor for life

331

Review of 6 months Part 2

332

Celebrating 25 episodes

333

Jenny MacHarg part 2

334

Jenny MacHarg of Fowberry Alpacas

335

Expect the unexpected

336

A passion for alpaca fleece with Julia Berry of Apple Cross Alpacas

337

Preparing for shearing

338

Victoria Barrett of Simply Alpaca

339

Selling alpaca fibre and products to crafters

340

Alpacappella Jewellery with Marta Kwasniewicz

341

Ted & Bessie - sustainable and ethical alpaca knitwear

342

Handling and starting well with alpacas with Julie Taylor-Browne

343

BAS Show Reflections by Steve Heatherington

344

Topical Alpaca Tips from Steve Heatherington

345

Jeremiah Owen of Southern California

346

Mike Griffiths of Greenside Alpacas

347

Tynewedd Alpacas in Carmarthenshire - Steve & Emma Cooper

348

Moving experiences with alpacas - Steve Heatherington

349

Knowing your alpacas - Steve Heatherington

350

Hannah Williams of Penrhallt Alpacas

351

Could I keep alpacas? Questions to answer before you buy

352

Nick and Jo Davies on adding alpacas to holiday accommodation

353

Tanya Russell on learning to cope with an instant herd

354

Jen Delucia on fibre

355

How Rowan Flindall-Shayle got involved with alpacas

356

Alpaca Tribe - an introduction

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Alpaca Tribe - Trailer