Champion Alpaca Breeders

Top Suri Champion Alpaca - MacGyver's Balboa

If you've ever participated in an AOBA sanctioned alpaca show event, you know how tough the competition has become in the last several years. Producing a Champion Grade show winner, has become increasingly more difficult with every show we attend.
The 2006/2007 show season has been especially encouraging for us, having won
16 AOBA Certified Halter Class Championships alone,
as well as
20 First Place Halter Class Blue Ribbons under 10 DIFFERENT JUDGES,
and ALL before he was 22 months old!! He is now RETIRED from showing, and is ready to begin his Herdsire career.

As of May 2007 (22 mos of age) MacGyver's Balboa is a
WORLD RECORD HOLDER for the most
AOBA Halter Class Color Championships in history...
...EVER!

One of our most proud moments came at the 2007 Futurity Show & Sale, where Balboa received the honor of being awarded 1st Place and Color Champion under Amanda VandenBosh.

Our first show of 2007 was also great success. We entered Balboa at the FABA event in Jacksonville FL under Julio Sumar where he won his first championship of the year. Mr. Sumar had this to say about Balboa - " I'd like you all to take a look at this alpaca. This Suri is the TOTAL PACKAGE with uniformity from head to toe. GREAT locks, GREAT luster, and a GREAT head and neck!"

At the PAOBA 2006 show, where Balboa also won First Place and Reserve Champion, Jude Anderson said this about our champion - " If you want to see what we are breeding alpacas for, take a look at this guy. Extremely fine fiber, and incredible luster. He also stands with great conformation."

So far in his career (2006 - 2007), Balboa has won under the following AOBA Judges:

• Tim Lavan - 5 Firsts, 3 Color Championships
• 2006 Kentucky Classic (Louisville KY) / 1st place and Color Champion
• 2006 South Eastern (Reading PA) / 1st place
• 2006 MOPACA (St. Louis MO) / 1st place
• 2006 Northern Illinois (Grayslake IL) / 1st place and Color Champion
• 2007 PAOBA (York PA) / 1st place and Color Champion
• Amanda VandenBosch - 5 Firsts, 1 Reserve, 4 Color Championships
• 2006 North American (Springfield MA) / 1st place and Reserve Champion
• 2006 OABA (Columbus OH) / 1st place and Color Championship
• 2007 Spring Fling (WI) / 1st place and Color Championship
• 2007 FUTURITY !! / 1st place and Color Championship
• 2007 MAPACA / 1st place and Color Championship
• Jude Anderson - 2 Firsts, 1 Reserve, 1 Color Championship
• 2006 PAOBA (York PA) / 1st place and Reserve Championship
• 2007 Southern Select / 1st place and Color Championship
• Kevin O'Leary - 1 First Place
• 2006 IAOBA (Peoria IL) / 1st place
• Mike Safley - 1 First Place (AOBA Nationals '06)
• 2006 AOBA Nationals (Louisville KY) / 1st place
• Diana Timmerman - 2 Firsts, 1 Reserve, 1 Color Championship
• 2007 MOPACA (St. Louis MO) / 1st place and Reserve Championship
• 2007 IAOBA (Peoria IL) / 1st place and Color Champion
• Shannon McConnel - 1 First Place, 1 Color Championship
• 2007 KY Classic (Louisville KY) / 1st place and Color Championship
• Julio Sumar - 1 First Place, 1 Color Championship
• 2007 FABA (Jacksonville FL) / 1st place, and Color Championship
• Wade Gease - 1 First Place, 1 Color Championship
• 2007 OABA (Columbus OH) / 1st place, and Color Championship
• Jill MacLeod - 1 First Place, 1 Color Championship
• 2007 AOBA Nationals (Louisville KY) / 1st place, and Color Championship

Jill MacLeod comments on Balboa at the 2007 AOBA Nationals -
"This alpaca is INCREDIBLE!"...thanks Jill

We are now taking reservations for a limited number of first year breedings to Balboa! For more information please see our herdsires page.

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We at Select Suri Partners would like to welcome you to our Suri Alpaca web site! For those new to the Alpaca industry, these animals are amazing creatures. They have very distinct personalities, looks, and qualities about them. It's difficult not to fall in love and find yourself desiring to acquire your own herd. That's what happened to us and we've never looked back. Now, our focus is on all aspects of producing champion quality alpacas.

We can provide you with:

• Champion Suri Bloodlines
• Champion Suri Stud Service
• Alpaca "Starter Packages"
• Alpaca Boarding
• Suri Alpaca Sales

Select Suri Introduction

The Select Suri Partners 25 acre animal paradise is located in Salem, Ohio. Salem is half way between Cleveland OH., and Pittsburgh PA.

We specialize in stocking only top quality bloodlines for our Suri Alpaca herd, to help keep premium conformations and to produce the best fiber possible to anyone looking to improve their Alpaca stock.

The Select Suri Partners ranch is home to more than 80 animals (not all Alpacas), and is a forever-home to many rescued, abused or neglected animals. Our profits from Alpaca sales and breeding's, go toward funding our non-profit animal rescues and "Pit Bull Rescue Mission".

The Pit Bull Rescue Mission, co-founded by Rob and Karrin Campf, is another non-profit organization aimed at saving these wonderful puppies from a life of doom and abuse, and placing them in the loving homes of educated caring owners.

What Are Alpacas?

** Alpacas are South American mammals closely related to the llama and vicuña. Partially domesticated, the alpaca possibly was derived from the wild guanaco. The natural habitat of the alpaca is the Andes in South America. It is most commonly kept in herds by the Native Americans in the highlands of Peru and Chile.
The alpaca, a surefooted animal, is smaller than the llama, has longer, softer wool, and ordinarily is not used as a beast of burden. Like the llama and camel, alpacas sometimes spit. After 11 months' gestation the female gives birth to one offspring. The young have short wool until they mature.
Herds of alpacas graze almost wild on high plateaus, 4267 to 4877 m (14,000 to 16,000 ft) above sea level. At shearing time the Native Americans drive them to the villages and clip off about 20 cm (about 8 in) of the wool. The alpaca provides white, gray, or yellow wool, although the black and dark brown fibers are especially valued. The fiber is elastic and strong and is straighter and silkier than sheep's wool. Alpacas are kept primarily for its wool, from which a fine cloth is made.
Scientific classification: The alpaca belongs to the family Camelidae. It is classified as Lama pacos.

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