Captain Nemo Son
Rosehaven's Peruvian Prince Dakkar
Huacaya, Male, Unproven | Dark Brown
ARI# 31352864, D.O.B. 5/30/2008,
Sire: Captain Nemo ARI#
849790 Dark Rose Grey We love Nemo. We all love Nemo, from our partners the Sweeney's at Celtic Criations to all who come to our farm. He is proud, he is stately, he is charming and he truly may be one of the smartest alpacas I have ever met. He definitely knows that he is king over his world, he controls his herd, and they all are much better behaved with Nemo around.
Nemo has many wonderful traits that he passes onto his progeny, from incredible conformation, exquisite fineness, lovely crimp, and excellent density. He stamps them - and you can always tell a Nemo cria. Don't get me wrong - they aren't cookie cutters. They are distinct and they have an attitude and a presence that is recognizable to all of us. And he also passes on his great temperment and his intelligence. You know the saying that alpacas don't challenge fences? Well someone forgot to tell Nemo. He challenges them all. We swear he knows how to pick locks. He knows how to escape from any fence, gate, paddock, or arena around. I have seen him shimmy under a fence - like a marine crawling under fencing in boot camp. And he has taught his sons. And this is because - he has a one track mind - girls.
One late night Nemo decided it was time for a panty raid. And at 1am in the morning, he pried open a gate, he broke out of "camp"; and led 12 very very happy males over to the girls barn. The girls were thrilled, the boys were thrilled, perhaps I wasn't as thrilled......I had to get them all back. I know he was the instigator because i saw him do it. But to his credit, he also helped me corral one of the most indignant boys and get him haltered and led back down to the boys barn. Nemo pranced back to the boys barn, as proud as could be.
Ever since that night Nemo has been my buddy.
Nemo has many fine attributes other than being a girl loving escape artist. Nemo is as rare as they come... Full Peruvian, solid dark rose grey!!! This male has it all...color, fineness, crimp, charisma, presence, and attitude!! His fle
Dam: Autumn's Calliope of Peru04 ARI#
120862 Light Silver Grey Callie is a lovely soft silver gray girl (with a touch of rose in her) with a super pedigree boasting CPeruvian Silvino, PPeruvian Felix and PPeruvian Caligula. She is curious and playful with an engaging personality. She has good conformation, bite and an impressive topknot, plus that hard to find, gorgeous silver fiber, and she is bred to our very own Captain Nemo.
Callie's sire is P.Peruvian Pewter, a silver gray, who has an adult micron of 15! Calliope was blessed with her sire's fine, soft fiber and plenty of it!
Calliope's dam is a very gentle female with all the wonderful aspects you hope for in a production dam. She is an easy breeder, great milk producer, patient, attentive and easy going. Calliope is sure to carry on these great traits.
What more can you ask for if you are looking for grey? A full peruvian silver grey (with a little rose tint). Callie made a Nemo mini-me!!! Same color, same stance- quite attractive boy. We named hime Prince Dakkar. You will have to do some research to find the connection between Captain Nemo and Prince Dakkar!! Callie's first cria was a Captain Nemo "mini me" named Prince Dakkar. We again bred the two and got a delightful girl named "Glory". Now she is to be bred to Smokey the Bear from Brookhollow Alpacas. Keep watching for news of this breeding and the cria it will produce-we are sure it will be a winner.
Description
Prince Dakkar (sigh....) what a handsome boy, and he is Captain Nemo's mini-me!! A dark rose grey full peruvian boy. Just adorable. and what lineage!! Nemo, Santana and Dom Timbo on the sires side. and on the dam's side; Peruvian Silvino, P.Peruvian Pewter, Felix and Caligula. Interesting combination. This boy has great potential.
Prince Dakkar took a blue in his first show. We had to pull him from shows in the 2009 spring season- because his fleece hadn't been cria tipped - and was felting at the ends. He is doing really well at both fleece and halter shows.
Awards
Second Place PAOBA 2010
First Place SEPA 2010
First Place Empire 2010
Second Place Heartland 2010
Third Place MAPACA 2010
First Place Maryland 2010
First Place NJ 2010
First Place Virginia Fleece 2010