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TUSCAN'S GRAZIE DI BELLA VITA, 2011 FUTURITY AUCTION  LOT 41, SELLS TO SNOWMASS ALPACAS:  We sold this beautiful female to another beautiful gal, Heidi Skinner of Snowmass Alpacas.  Congratulations Heidi and thank you Julie for recognition of our breeding program. 
EVERYTHING ALPACA STORE - We have partnered with several alpaca breeders in the area to open a commercial store in downtown Castle Rock, called Everything Alpaca.  We sell clothing from Peru and the US as well as hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind pieces from our partner alpaca ranchers.  Clothing for the family, yarn, alpaca for the home, and other types of gift items are available.  2011 is our third year, and we are seeing the fruits of our labor as our customer list grows and sales rise.  Introducing nonalpaca people to the wonders of alpaca fiber has been an awesome experience, and it is so much fun to hear the comments from people first realizing the beauty of an alapca garment or yarn.  Visit our website. www.everythingalpaca.biz for more information, or visit us at 313 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, phone 303-660-6684. 
 
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE RANCH!
Bella Vita is proud to welcome our first cria by SNOWMASS ALPINE KING, out of our 15.3 micron yearling Tuscan daughter, Luna.  The new male cria, Apollo King, is GORGEOUS!  Has the dense, white fleece we expected formed in tiny individual units with very good brightness and crimpy character.  Apollo King is very well proportioned, like a little tank, with good wide chest and rib cage.  He already has attitude and looks a lot like daddy.  He's one handsome boy!
 
We purchased Alpine King at the 2010 Snowmass auction in partnership with Don, Sharon and Austin Greene of Snow Diamond Alpacas, Steamboat Springs, CO.  This is a white male with a strong white genetic pedigree, and he is double Augusto and double Hemingway in his 4th and 5th generations, 1 line of each of these fine males on both sides of his pedigree.  Alpine King brings the Snowmass density and fineness with him, and we will be excited to cross him on our Tuscan Gold daughters who will also carry Augusto and Hemingway lineage from Tuscan.  Alpine King will be the cornerstone of our white genetic line. 
 
El Corazon` Crias:  Corazon's first crias have started to arrive at  Bella Vita, and we are very, very pleased with the results.  We just sold the first offspring, Caruso, back east, and have his full brother Zen at the ranch, already a multiple blue ribbon winner as a juvenile and used as one of our three alpacasa for our blue ribbon wins in Breeders Best 3.  Both of these boys are very dense yet with a buttery soft hand and incredible uniform character to their fleece.  Derringer is another Corazon son with long staple length, bright and even colored medium fawn fleece (no fading) and a look and style with beautiful head that makes him stand out in a crowd.  Our first Corazon daughter arrived in 2011 and she immediately showed us incredible fleece with good density and beautiful crimpy character, again very uniform throughout.  She is a full sister to Derringer.  Our Corazon partners, Jeri and Jerry Johnson of Sand Creek Criations, have several Corazon babies on the ground, and they also are beautiful with a couple doing very well in the show ring, earning blue ribbons and championships. 
 
Maremma News:  Wow, have we hit a marketing high!  Stan and Mary Miller of Aspen Alpaca Company in Sandpoint, ID, bought 2 Maremmas from us several years ago, Dino and Enzo.  Mary works in marketing for Cold Water Creek.  The creative marketing person at CWC, who loves these 2 Maremmas, wanted to use them in the 2011 Holiday photo shoot for CWC.  These 2 dogs did a different day's work for Coldwater Creek and were seen extensively throughout this company's holiday promotion.  Below is a photo of Dino with his model.  This photo was chosen  to represent CWC in national magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens and Martha Stewart Living.  Other photos of Enzo and Dino were used in the CWC holiday catalog, their website, and in the CWC stores.  Thanks, Mary, for sharing this great news.
 
We are planning our 2012:  We have bred both dogs for spring 2012 litters and will possibly breed for a fall iitter.  We already have several names on the wait list.  We always have a wait list, so best to plan early if you need a pup and prefer our dogs.  720-733-3618, or e-mail at bellavitaranch@aol.com.  We have plenty of references available on request.  .  
 
Our Maremma sire, Vincenzo, received a unanimous excellent hip rating from all 3 reviewing radiologists at the OFA Foundation.  An excellent rating in a dog his size is rare.  An OFA rating on the hips of a dog helps predict the incidence of hip dysplasia.  Vinny's excellent rating is a great step toward ensuring his pups will have long and sound careers as livestock guardian dogs without the crippling effects of hip dysplasia. 
 
2012 Show Schedule
National WeStern Stock Show
TxOLAN
Spring Bling
Mnnesota Alpaca Show
Futurity
Great Western Alpaca Show
 
Here is the photo, courtesy of Coldwater Creek, being used in their 2011 holiday campaign.  These are MAREMMA, not Great Pry.  His name is Dino, bred by us and sold to Stan and Mary Miller, Aspen Alpaca Company in Sandpoint, ID.  Other photos of Dino and his brother Enzo are being used in other CWC marketing areas.  Dino and Enzo work together guarding the alpacas at Aspen Alpaca Company in Idaho. 
We are adding a page to the website for alpaca fiber information, called FIBER FAQS.  If you want to know what to do with all that fiber, this is a good page to peruse. Learn as we learn.  Fiber is the future of this industry and the main reason it exists. 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2011 FALL SHOWS AND 2012 NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW
 
2011 Mid America
Tuscan's Primo -  3rd place out of 13 and 2nd place bred and owned
Corazon's Zen Master - 3rd of 13
Derringer - 2nd of 8 with Petraeus, a Tuscan son, in 3rd place
Breeder's Best 3 - 2nd place
 
2011 Fall Festival Halter show: 
Corazon's Zen Master wins blue, baby in the class of 12.  Noted for his density, overall style, fineness, and uniformity with excellent staple definition and character. 
Tuscan's Primo - 2nd place in large competitive class of white yearling males
Bella Vita took Breeder's Best 3 with Primo, Prosecco and Zen Master
ChiChi took 4th place in her class.  Other Tuscan clients also placed in the ribbons.
In the fleece show:
Derringer (Corazon son) - 1st place fawn fleeces
Tuscan's Perfect Storm - 2nd place and RES. CHAMPION - brown fleece
Tuscan's Primo - 2nd place (out of 9)
 
In medium fawn juveniles, our Derringer took 1st, but 2nd place was won by Seminole Wind, a Corazon daughter, and 3rd place was Viper, a Tuscan son.  So BVR genetics took the top 3 ribbons in fawn juvenile fleeces. 
 
Client Amanda Pines - Tuscan's Bianca 1st place in white fleees and CHAMPION white fleece.  Bianca is out of a female we sold them who also won Res. Champ at AFCNA Fleece show in white fleeces. Her dam is our true black Chocolat and sire is Haldane, same sire as Corazon.  Tried and true genetics.   
 
2011 High Plains Show, Amarillo, TX
We took 6 males, 2 Tuscan kids, 2 Corazon kids, and 2 Avanti kids we just acquired from Front Range Alpacas. 
ALL 6 MALES BROUGHT HOME BLUE RIBBONS, A CHAMPIONSHIP AND A  RESERVE CHAMPIONSHIP AND BREEDER'S BEST 3 FOR BELLA VITA RANCH.  It was a good show for us! 
Tuscan's Primo - 1st place
Tuscan's Primo - 1st place and CHAMPION
Corazon's Zen Master - 1st place
Corazon's Derringer - 1st place
FRA Onyx - 1st place
Luxor of FRA - 1st place and RES CHAMP
 
Bella Vita also won blue in Breeder's Best 3 with Primo, Prosecco and Zen Master.
 
2012 National Western Stock Show
We took 5 males - Primo, Zen Master, Derringer, Luxor and Onyx
Tuscan's Primo - 1st and CHAMPION LIGHT MALES
Corazon's Zen Master - 1st place
Derringer - 5th place, in same class with Zen Master and 2nd place was our client's male out of Tuscan, Viper.  So BVR genetics in 3 of the 6 ribbons.
Luxor - 3rd place
Onyx - 2nd place