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		<title>Rising Star Alpacas</title>
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		<description>Alpacas for Sale in Northern California. Alpaca Ranch Startup Experts.  Alpacas as investments</description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Our Alpaca Ranch Busines Is For Sale</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2010/08/22/our-alpaca-ranch-busines-is-for-sale</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's been a great journey and Kelley and I have decided to focus on the Products side our Alpaca Business (<A HREF="http://www.AlpacaDirect.com" TARGET="_blank">AlpacaDirect.com</A>) and move to our dream locale in Northern Idaho to a home that is in town and not on a ranch. This is a big life change that we are looking foward to as we soon become [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's been a great journey and Kelley and I have decided to focus on the Products side our Alpaca Business (<A HREF="http://www.AlpacaDirect.com" TARGET="_blank">AlpacaDirect.com</A>) and move to our dream locale in Northern Idaho to a home that is in town and not on a ranch. This is a big life change that we are looking foward to as we soon become 'Empty Nesters".  What started out as a 4-H project for our daughter has turned into an incredible journey where we've met wonderful people, established relationships with artisans in Peru and learned a lot about life and each other from our beloved alpacas.  We have a great business opprortunity if you are looking to start a business and hit the ground running.  We've spent the last 5 years carefully selecting topline herdsires to breed with our foundation herd resulting in a quality, genetically diverse base from which you can quickly launch your business.  Details are located on our<A HREF="/alpacas-for-sale.htm" TARGET="_self"> Alpaca Sales</A> page. <br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Alpacas Featured On American Express</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2010/04/13/alpacas-featured-on-american-express</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[    Did you see the national advertisement on American Express featuring an Alpaca Ranch and the lawyer with his Alpaca Socks?  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[    Did you see the national advertisement on American Express featuring an Alpaca Ranch and the lawyer with his Alpaca Socks? <br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Alpaca Ranch Day Is This Weekend</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/09/24/alpaca-ranch-day-is-this-weekend</link>
			<comments>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/09/24/alpaca-ranch-day-is-this-weekend</comments>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[aOur ranch will be open Sat/Sun this weekend from 10am to 4pm.Come visit us, see our alpacas and have a fun weekend! We'll be offering some spinning demonstrations, crafts for kids, and a chance to see and interact with some of our 23 alpacas at our ranch: <A HREF="http://www.risingstaralpacas.com/About%20Us.htm" TARGET="_self"> 4323 Briones [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[aOur ranch will be open Sat/Sun this weekend from 10am to 4pm.Come visit us, see our alpacas and have a fun weekend! We'll be offering some spinning demonstrations, crafts for kids, and a chance to see and interact with some of our 23 alpacas at our ranch: <A HREF="http://www.risingstaralpacas.com/About%20Us.htm" TARGET="_self"> 4323 Briones Valley Road, Brentwood, CA 94513.</A><br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Come Visit Us on Alpaca Ranch Day!</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/09/18/come-visit-us-on-alpaca-ranch-day</link>
			<comments>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/09/18/come-visit-us-on-alpaca-ranch-day</comments>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Our ranch will be open to celebrate National Alpaca Ranch Days on Sat/Sun Sept 26th and 27th.   We'll have sample products from our Alpacas and will have our alpacas out and available to see and appreciate.  We hope you can make it out to see them! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Our ranch will be open to celebrate National Alpaca Ranch Days on Sat/Sun Sept 26th and 27th.   We'll have sample products from our Alpacas and will have our alpacas out and available to see and appreciate.  We hope you can make it out to see them!<br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Our Baby Black Alpaca Has a Name...</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/07/03/our-baby-black-alpaca-has-a-name</link>
			<comments>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/07/03/our-baby-black-alpaca-has-a-name</comments>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the contest to name our alpaca. With over 200 names suggested we had quite a variety to make our final choice.So... we have just finished a family gathering and unamimously decided... so now he has a name and it is <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_self">Dante.</A>Thanks to Chase B. who posted the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the contest to name our alpaca. With over 200 names suggested we had quite a variety to make our final choice.So... we have just finished a family gathering and unamimously decided... so now he has a name and it is <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_self">Dante.</A>Thanks to Chase B. who posted the suggestion on June 22nd at 5:09 pm.<A HREF="http://www.alpacadirect.com/details~Alpaca-Direct-Gift-Card~1~prodid~1775~category~25~secondary~42.htm" TARGET="_blank">You've won a $25 Gift Card </A>to our online store Alpaca DirectThanks to everyone else for all the creativity and fun in helping our cute little alpaca have a nice name.Next year you'll see if first year fleece be available as a buttery black <A HREF="http://www.alpacadirect.com" TARGET="_blank">alpaca yarn direct from our ranch</A>! <br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Greeting Our Alpacas In The Morning</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/06/22/greeting-our-alpacas-in-the-morning</link>
			<comments>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/06/22/greeting-our-alpacas-in-the-morning</comments>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does the sight of all these alpacas make you smile or make you want to run?There's a lot of mouths to feed each day but each alpaca has its own personality and can bring joy to your life. The 'Skirting' rack in the front of this picture is what we use to sort and grade our fiber from each alpaca.We shear once a year (in April) so our alpacas are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Does the sight of all these alpacas make you smile or make you want to run?There's a lot of mouths to feed each day but each alpaca has its own personality and can bring joy to your life. The 'Skirting' rack in the front of this picture is what we use to sort and grade our fiber from each alpaca.We shear once a year (in April) so our alpacas are comfortable for the warm summer months.Morning feeding time is a great time to reflect on your day, set goals and plan your day.So...when the moms and crias come to greet you in the morning make it a time to enjoy your first smile of the day! <br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>A nice morning with our alpacas</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/05/26/a-nice-morning-with-our-alpacas</link>
			<comments>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/05/26/a-nice-morning-with-our-alpacas</comments>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Amid the morning bustle of getting ready for work, feeding 50 animals and making sure the baby alpacas are bottle fed we sometimes miss out on the "Magic of the moment" that so often occurs in the pasture. Today we let our new mom and cria out to be with the rest of the herd. Mom was proudly showing off her new little boy and all the other moms [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Amid the morning bustle of getting ready for work, feeding 50 animals and making sure the baby alpacas are bottle fed we sometimes miss out on the "Magic of the moment" that so often occurs in the pasture. Today we let our new mom and cria out to be with the rest of the herd. Mom was proudly showing off her new little boy and all the other moms were sniffing him and socializing.It's important to incorporate the crias into the herd so they learn from the other alpacas.Daphne is a new mom so she was likely getting tips from the other moms while the new cria was getting pushed around by Trigger - our 5 week old cria we've been bottle feeding. Anyhow, I just took a pause for a few minutes...stopped and watched the Alpacas and headed back to the house with a big smile on my face. What a great way to start the day! <br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Our last spring cria arrived yesterday</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/05/25/our-last-spring-cria-arrived-yesterday</link>
			<comments>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/05/25/our-last-spring-cria-arrived-yesterday</comments>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[ We had a busy day yesterday.We decided to slip out and see a movie for a Mom &amp;Dad 'Date Afternoon' and of course just as we were getting to leave we did one last check of the Moms and there was our newest addition in the pasture.Luckily he's very healthy and it already nursing on his mom (Daphne).Her mom (Sunny) was a very good mom with a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We had a busy day yesterday.We decided to slip out and see a movie for a Mom &amp;Dad 'Date Afternoon' and of course just as we were getting to leave we did one last check of the Moms and there was our newest addition in the pasture.Luckily he's very healthy and it already nursing on his mom (Daphne).Her mom (Sunny) was a very good mom with a great disposition so we were hoping she'd pass this trait on to Daphne and it looks like this was the case. Daphne has been very attentive to her baby and he's nursing well. He gained 8oz on day one and got a good dose of mom's Cholosterum to help his immune system duing the next few critical weeks.It's always much better to let the mom/cria work things out than to jump in with a bottle of purchased cholosterum.We always watch carefully for the meconium plug to come out and see his basic vitals working well. Our daughter Lauren is great with the alpacas and volunteered duty for cria watch while we headed out later yesterday to keep our date. As for a name, we're still undecided. We like to watch each cria's personality a bit before giving it a name. As for this little guy.. he's very spunky, sweet and very attached to mom. Plus...he's pure black out of Snowmass Conquistador. Any ideas?<br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Welcome to our new website!</title>
			<link>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/05/24/welcome-to-our-new-website</link>
			<comments>http://risingstaralpacas.com/blog/2009/05/24/welcome-to-our-new-website</comments>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Jim Hobart</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[We've been so busy with our e-commerce site <A HREF="http://www.alpacadirect.com" TARGET="_blank">Alpaca Direct</A>  and our growing <A HREF="alpacas-for-sale.htm" TARGET="_self">herd of Alpacas </A>that we had not been updating our Ranch site as frequently as planned.  Well...that's going to change and we hope you like the new look and feel of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We've been so busy with our e-commerce site <A HREF="http://www.alpacadirect.com" TARGET="_blank">Alpaca Direct</A>  and our growing <A HREF="alpacas-for-sale.htm" TARGET="_self">herd of Alpacas </A>that we had not been updating our Ranch site as frequently as planned.  Well...that's going to change and we hope you like the new look and feel of our new website.  We'll be adding useful information and keeping your posted on the happenings of our ranch  Feel free to let us know what you'd like us to talk about or provide <br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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