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warning !... the lost creek llamas' website is STILL under RE-construction see what's new for latest updates Our Llama Family As you will see, we know each of our llamas as unique individuals. Those of our llama family who are nonbreeders are just as unique and special to us as those who have been selected to be the most likely to produce outstanding classic performance llamas, and we strive to make the lives of those who are breeding are just as rich and full as if they were nonbreeding companion llamas. We enjoy and value them all. In years past, our nonbreeding llamas and rescues greatly outnumbered our breeders and potential breeders. During our shifting focus to rescue prevention through individualized behavior consultations and Get Connected! training workshops, many of the rescues in our llama family have been placed, and of course some older ones have passed on ... and a definite demand for well-trained pack llamas with excellent performance and classic coats has emerged. As a result of all these factors, our llama family has temporarily shifted to being primarily breeding-quality classic pack stock with only a few nonbreeders, retirees and rescues. Because we still don't breed many llamas, those who are listed below as breeders or prospective breeders actually spend most of their lives NOT reproducing! And, because classic llamas were -- for a time -- almost universally discarded as "inferior for breeding [to woolly llamas]", three of the llamas who've made the tough breeding "cut" here originally came to us as unwanted rescues or emergency placements. We know that the llama market will change again, and we will also grow older ... someday the pendulum will swing back, and our herd will change over time to become primarily neutered animals again. Our love for our llama family members, however, will remain the same. The ongoing inspiration Ranger Dusty   Studs Gold'n Hawk JD's Cappuccino Lost Creek Credo Rocky Mountain Highlight   Stud Prospects Lost Creek Troubadour   Breeding Females Aster Eagle's Nest Graehawke Friday Creek Farm Chanterelle Lost Creek Ranger Ceilidh Lost Creek Ranger Cricket Lost Creek Ranger Tokatee Lost Creek Ranger Psallite Megan Summer Socks Rocky Mountain Dazzle Zorra   Prospective Breeding Females Lost Creek Saucony Lost Creek Teewinot Fiber Production Specialist Luka SpiritWeaver   Recent and pending graduates seeking new homes; Young llamas growing and in training Lost Creek Finys Mitchell Lost Creek Misty Lost Creek Kahlotus Lost Creek Klahowya   Just family: Grown up and packing, driving, and/or doing other fun stuff Lost Creek Ranger Owyhee Lost Creek Ranger Shuksan Lost Creek Ranger Taos Just family, retired Nubin Sydney Joey and Kilchis Rocky Mountain Greymist   Some very essential (and unconventional) farm help Protection patrol . . . The Llamas at Lost Creek Annex Some of the Lost Creek Graduates Gone but not forgotten . . . Return to Lost Creek Llamas home page