Everyone who decides to start raising alpacas has a story to share, and many of the stories are near identical.  Our story does not follow most that you’ll read about, but fits to more traditional expectations! 

After reading a small article about an alpaca rancher in Texas, the calm nature of the animals, the soft fiber they produce, and then the potential tax advantages that may be possible, my wife said “Hey Honey, you’ve got to read this. This sounds like something we should do.”  I reminder her often of her quote from two years ago as we continue to spend money on this venture!  Wait now…. this is sounding as if we regret our decision…. Not for a minute do we regret this!

 Lisa and I, in our mid-40s, in professional careers, and never having had children have always had domestic pets as our “kids”. Our love of animals was the first appeal to the idea, then the idea that we might be able to have some tax advantages sounded as a nice bonus to us. Our first year in the business, with just one alpaca, we finally received a refund from Uncle Sam!  So far so good… “Let’s buy more”.