The day Applause was born, we were wowed! It was the first time we didn't say, "If he only had a little more this" or "a little more that." Applause was born a knock-out and he has not disappointed us. He has an incredible soft handle and loads of crimpy-to-the-end, dense fleece. Out of our foundation dam Heatherbrook's Masquerada and sired by Amanda Vanderbosh's legendary grey herdsire Bisturi (who is no longer in the country), Applause has the best of both! Bisturi's body style and lovely dense crimp style and Masquerada's fine, soft handle and strong color genetics. His body style is stout, big-boned, and solid. When he walks by, he makes a statement. He has a perfect bite and a head to die for. We cannot say enough about this young male to do him justice. At 8 years old, he still grabs the attention of every visitor on our ranch! Just today, one asked about him and said "I'll remember him!" We could not be more pleased with the cria this male is producing. He is predominately throwing gray, even when bred to other colors. We are also excited about the rich, dark silver color we are getting, passed down from his dam! We believe our success is in the success of our clients!!!

Silver Squared's sire, ATV Silver Magnum is a full brother to ATV Adonis, a gray genetic line we love. Check out her pedigree she is loaded with gray and black through out, a top consideration in our purchasing her. We also love that with age Silver Squared has retained remarkable fineness and consistency in her fleece. At her 4th shearing she was holding her low micron at 22. She has given us 4 females and 1 male, all show quality animals, 4 silver gray and 1 true black. Two of our top foundation females are out of Silver Squared. We are a small breeder raising both suri and huacayas for this reason it is time to move silver Squared along as she is still in her prime. We are keeping 2 of her daughters in our herd. This is an opportunity for any gray program to get currently sought after genetics from a proven champion producing female! Silver Squared is an excellent mother with plenty of milk and has needed no assistance in birthing. She is also easy to get pregnant. All of her gray progeny have had very clean blankets with minimal if any spots and as I write this I am talking myself out of selling her...lol. She comes out of the grey breeding programs at both Heatherbrook Farms in Ohio and Alpacas of the Tualatin Valley Alpacas in Oregon who have a stellar reputation for producing top quality gray animals. Silver Squared is an easy birther and her cria are up and running within 30 minutes. These are traits we love to see passed down. Silver Squared is currently bred to our AOBA 2012 National Black Fleece Champion LKR Total Eclipse. We believe our success is in the success of our clients!!!