Belated Name Post
How time flies when you're having fun -- except I don't know that I've been having fun. All I know is I've been busy and I don't seem to be getting everything done. I've had the following cria naming post waiting for over a week now, so here it is.
How we name our cria
We often have a difficult time naming our crias. We have several criteria we like to start with:
1) The name has to be a real name. Names like "Shame On Me" and "Fancy Pants" are not for us (yes, those are names of real alpacas). If we wouldn't give the name to a human baby, we won't give it to an alpaca. (This is a personal preference of ours; we're not making judgments about other breeder's name for their alpacas.)
2) It has to be different enough from our existing alpaca's names. So we wouldn't name a new baby "Zoe" because we already have "Chloe" - they sound too much alike. And that's because . . .
3) It has to be easily recognizable by the alpaca upon whom we've bestowed the name. Alpacas do learn their names, and we try to make it a little easier for them. So while we named our first girl "Trellianna" we call her "Anna" (the first 'a' is pronounced like the 'a' in father).
4) The name has to fit the alpaca. This is what trips us up the most, especially when Pam wants to get the baby named in order to be able to call it something, and we can't find the right fit for this new little critter. We picked the name "Georgina" (to be called "Gina") for Georgia's first daughter long before that daughter arrived. When Anna arrived, we started calling her Georgina - but it just didn't fit. We quickly changed it and were much happier with the match. (An aside - Donovan would have made a PERFECT Georgina... but he didn't have the right equipment, darnit.)
More fleece will be posted soon -- and yes, use that word the same way I did when promising Chloe's cria. Hopefully, I'll have more pictures of Cailin soon as well because she is as cute as a button and growing very rapidly.
How we name our cria
We often have a difficult time naming our crias. We have several criteria we like to start with:
1) The name has to be a real name. Names like "Shame On Me" and "Fancy Pants" are not for us (yes, those are names of real alpacas). If we wouldn't give the name to a human baby, we won't give it to an alpaca. (This is a personal preference of ours; we're not making judgments about other breeder's name for their alpacas.)
2) It has to be different enough from our existing alpaca's names. So we wouldn't name a new baby "Zoe" because we already have "Chloe" - they sound too much alike. And that's because . . .
3) It has to be easily recognizable by the alpaca upon whom we've bestowed the name. Alpacas do learn their names, and we try to make it a little easier for them. So while we named our first girl "Trellianna" we call her "Anna" (the first 'a' is pronounced like the 'a' in father).
4) The name has to fit the alpaca. This is what trips us up the most, especially when Pam wants to get the baby named in order to be able to call it something, and we can't find the right fit for this new little critter. We picked the name "Georgina" (to be called "Gina") for Georgia's first daughter long before that daughter arrived. When Anna arrived, we started calling her Georgina - but it just didn't fit. We quickly changed it and were much happier with the match. (An aside - Donovan would have made a PERFECT Georgina... but he didn't have the right equipment, darnit.)
More fleece will be posted soon -- and yes, use that word the same way I did when promising Chloe's cria. Hopefully, I'll have more pictures of Cailin soon as well because she is as cute as a button and growing very rapidly.
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