Wednesday was the day that John and Patty arrived to shear our alpacas. We had spent most of the morning preparing our animals: haltering and vacumning. John was ready for "hair cuts".
Each animal was brought to the mat, stretched on the stretcher and sheared. John followed the bags around as we sorted the prime blanket, seconds and garbage fiber. Each time one alpaca was led back to the pen, he shouted "More!"
There is a rhythm to the procedure as John and Patty exchange clippers to prevent overheating. Patty is invaluable in pointing out areas that need clipping, alerting John to potential problems and trimming around the feet. Our John would echo their voices as they called out "Watch your clippers!" "Switch" "Easy, easy, easy" What we thought might be stressful for John turned out to be exactly the opposite.
At the end of the day, we carried our twenty pounds of fiber into the loft-grateful that we could provide our son with this wonderful lifestyle.
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