Lora
Sizzlin Hot
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August 8-9, 2009 - Hot August Nites Performance Show, Turlock, CA - Lora Crawford - lcllamas@gmail.com
My commitment is to help people learn more about llamas. I love to talk about llamas.
My breeding program has evolved over time with great foundation llamas such as Filbert and Sizzlin Hot. Both of these herd sires have championship off-spring...
I will be moving the ranch to a smaller property and this is your opportunity to acquire some very wonderful llamas at discount prices...
Most people know me as "Lora". My life with llamas began when I read an article about llamas in the National Enquirer in 1976. That article pointed me in the direction of Paul & Sally Taylor's Ranch in Sebastopol, California, where I bought my first llama. I was a young mother of two boys, thinking that I could raise llamas to help finance the children's college.
In 1981 I purchased a male named "Filbert" from Richard Patterson in Bend Oregon. That male's crias became the foundation of my breeding program. I still have females from this sound genetic beginning. During those earlier years the prices of llamas soared. From the revenue of sold llamas, I was able to purchase a very special male in 1990 named "Sizzlin Hot" from Tom Simons. This gentle giant (not in size, but in substance) sired forty off-spring before his death on August 13, 2000, due to a dog attack at my ranch. The loss of "Sizzlin Hot" was a dramatic and emotional event.Life does go on. Today my sons are achieving their own personal goals. Having been involved in CAL-ILA, LANA, ILA, ALSA for many years, and a ALSA Judge since 1997, I continue to support the health and well being of llamas and the llama community. My current goal is to provide education for prospective buyers, new llama owners, experienced owners, and the llama community. Over the years I have gathered a vast amount of information regarding llama health, showing, judging, training, and raising llamas.
Call or e-mail, and allow me to share some of this information with you.