Rain, rain go away...

I was hoping we'd get some rain to help clean our alpacas off before this weekend's show. Well, we got it - three days of it! Here is a picture of poor Nuno on Monday. He is much drier and fluffier today than the last few days.

All of our suri boys at the farm chose to spend more time out in the rain (and some snow) than in their shelters. They were so soggy looking that I'd feel bad for them and put a little more hay and straw in their shelter. They'd go in for a while to warm up, but then they'd be right back out in that rain!

Thankfully, the rain has stopped and we should have sunny weather with temps getting up to 70 over the next couple of days! That will give the boys and Franny three good days of drying out before Saturday.

Our new stall mats and halters arrived a couple of days ago. Now I just have to get things organized and decide what else we need to take to the show. Off the top of my head, that list includes feed, hay, water buckets, muck bucket and "pooper scooper" to keep the stall clean, grooming supplies, show halters and leads, business cards and marketing materials to promote our farm. I'll have to sit down and think if there's anything else besides ourselves and our show clothes...I'm sure there is.

This is our first show in a couple of years so I'm getting a little nervous. Once we get there though, it's all up to our animals to look their natural best. Of course we can help them by picking all the hay we can out of their fiber and properly leading them into the show ring and handling them well for the judges to get a look at them.

We'll have to wait and see...