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About AuSable Valley Alpacas
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 Welcome to AuSable Valley Alpacas! We are a small family-owned alpaca farm and breeders of quality ARI registered huacayas. We are located in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains, 17 miles NE of Lake Placid, NY. Our home and farm sit high on a hill overlooking the beautiful AuSable River Valley.
All of our carefully selected foundation females are ribbon-winners, have produced award-winning offspring and/or are progeny of award-winning sires. As breeders, our focus is on striving to improve the fleece qualities, conformation, and temperaments of each successive generation. As you can see by our foundation herd, we have an affinity for color. We value the “uniqueness” in each of our animals and attempt to preserve their exceptional qualities & improve where needed through our breeding choices.
Our plan is to grow our herd to no more than 20 alpacas so that we may maintain daily contact with each animal and provide our customers personalized care. We prefer to be a very “hands-on” operation. Jay grew up here, in rural Jay (NY), caring for beef cattle and other livestock as part of his family’s farm. Julie grew up in suburban Baltimore handling and riding horses from a young age. We actively seek continuing ed opportunities by attending seminars and trainings, and are currently organizing a Neonatal Clinic with Dr LaRue Johnson in March 2007. Jay also offers shearing services in Northern New York and Vermont.
Another reason we choose to own alpacas is for the very appealing tax benefits, as well as the investment potential. If you are unfamiliar with these aspects of the business, we suggest contacting us or reading the AOBA pamphet "Financial Aspects of Alpaca Ownership" for further information.
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| Additional Farm Photos: (click to enlarge) |
| 6x Champ Lancaster | field o'pacas | Peaches and Cream | curious? | | | 
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In their spare time, our alpacas are very community minded; our PR males have participated in numerous local fundraising and educational events for various not-for-profit organizations. In the Spring of '05 at our daughters' school, Zeke and Tunstall were part of a “Paca to Poncho” demonstration during which they were shorn and their fiber hand spun and woven into a garment by the children and other participants.
We also support a fair-trade initiative in Peru called the Q’ewar project by marketing and selling beautiful Peruvian dolls handmade by a cooperative of women and children from the rural village of Andahuaylillas in the Cuzco region. To see these dolls or for more information, please contact us or visit the Q'ewar website at www.qewar.com.
We feel fortunate to have stumbled upon the “alpaca lifestyle” and are thoroughly enjoying our alpaca adventures which include our children (and neighborhood friends)! Also part of our farm family is a small collection of colorful laying hens that provide fresh eggs for sale, a measure of parasite control, and a good dose of comic relief!
So thanks for stopping by! Please feel free to contact us to learn more about our farm, or to just “talk shop.”
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| | | | | | Additional Contact Information: | | | | Jay manages Ward Lumber, a 4th generation family business which consists of two building supply stores and a sawmill/planing mill operation. The best way to contact us is on Jay's cell phone: (518) 524-0545. Visitors are always welcome by apointment. | | | | | | 
| | Breeder Biography
AuSable Valley Alpacas is a small family farm breeding high quality huacayas with a preference for colored alpacas. We also offer other services such as alpaca equipment and shearing.
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