Well I can't come up with anything interesting or exciting to blog about tonight, so I thought I'd do another llama biography! This one will be pretty short, as Rhapsody wasn't at our farm very long.
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| Rhapsody, fall 2000. |
Rhapsody came to our farm in spring 2000 with her dam, Alder Crest April Showers. Rhapsody is a half sister to our first llama, Casa Loma's Little Sheba (same dad). Unfortunately Rhapsody didn't get her dad's beautiful coloration, nor her mom's!
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| Alder Crest April Showers, Rhapsody's dam. |
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| Muellama's Lou Chama, Rhapsody's sire. |
Rhapsody spent most of her life at our farm as a pasture ornament. She didn't quite have the personality for performance, so neither my sister nor I used her for 4-H. We sold her to a friend of the family in 2001 (along with SHAG Lakota), and they had her bred to Gone Platinum, a gorgeous tan male owner by another friend. A year later, Platinum's Melody was born. Melody definitely has the coloration of her grandparents, and the brain for personality like her dad. About a year after Melody was born, all three llamas came back to our farm. They were soon sold again, this time to a 4-H family in southern Indiana. All three llamas were used for 4-H, and Melody became quite the star! Melody is still winning performance classes today with her 4-H handlers!
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