JD's Cappuccino
ILR # 76567
male b. 7-9-90
Jimmy Doolittle x Lacy Kay Dalton
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Cappuccino stands 42" and for years gravitated toward the near-lifelong pudgy 335 lb weight he arrived at. He’s finally found a reason to keep the weight off (keeping his much younger pasturemates on their toes) and is now a much more sane 265 lb.
We spotted Cappuccino when we were helping a dying absentee owner relocate some of her older llamas. Cappuccino’s terrific natural trot and easy, flowing walk got our attention right away. As we spent more time around him, we realized he also had a golden temperament. But we thought we needed another llama — especially another intact male — like we needed holes in our heads! On our third and final trip to the farm, Cappuccino persisted in making sure we knew he also liked us, and that he wanted to join the few lucky llamas already in our trailer ... in the end, he did, and we've never regretted it.
Cappuccino is a limited-use stud for our program largely because he is not genetically pure classic (he has a woolly grandfather) and as a result, his guard hair is longer than is desirable for us and there is a 25% possibility that he’s carrying a recessive nonshedding gene. However, Cappuccino’s excellent gaits are not easy to find in modern llamas, and his slick, non-felting undercoat is also a highly desirable trait, yet not-so-common in the seriously-damaged modern Classic gene pool. Finally, although he has a superior disposition, it is much more important from a breeding standpoint that he inherits this from his immediate female ancestors. After we’d determined his 100%-classic-bloodline mother Lacy wasn’t able to reproduce (due to internal scarring from being pastured with geldings), we were more inclined to use Cappuccino in a few very careful pairings to keep their unique qualities in the gene pool. We are quite pleased with the disposition, coat, and presence of his first offspring, Troubadour.
Cappuccino really likes visitors. He predictably runs off all of his pasturemates and then returns to mooch scratches and admiration sans competition.
We didn’t name Cappuccino (nor choose the odd spelling) and presume his color was the inspiration and the common nature of the name in the registry likely accounts for the variant spelling. Regardless, he's certainly got pep ... with smoothness!
Meet Cappuccino’s offspring:
2007 male — Lost Creek Troubadour