Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

Building cooperation comes by building trust. Being trustworthy to your alpacas is a worthwhile investment even if it takes time and effort.

Start with the simple and take small steps and you can grow your alpacas' confidence in you - and also your own confidence in you. A clear win-win.

Leading is different to managing. I vote for leading - listen in to find out why.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, we are thinking about how ordinary and extraordinary days can both start looking the same. But keep your eyes open, you never know when the extraordinary is going to show up and surprise and delight.

Frequently around cria birthing time, I have found this to be true.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, the air was still and the valley was quiet. The alpacas were waiting for breakfast. What a great start to the day.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, I finish the update on this year's shearing and happenings in the valley. It is always nice to clean up and pack away the shearing equipment for another year. It went well, we had a good crop of fleece and almost all of the herd were in good shape. Satisfying.

Of course, another round of feeding and weather-watching follows straight after, but at least the heavy work is done for now.

Time to take a breath and smile - while spending some time with the alpacas.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, we revisit episode one when it all began. Unexpected commitments have kept me from my microphone this week but should be back to normal next. This is where we began. Hope you enjoy. Steve

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode,

The weather shifted in the right direction, allowing us to start the shearing. A good crop of fleece - better than last year and the girls all seem to be in good shape, which is nice to see.

Keeping records is a good idea - keep it simple and make it easy. I use this app on my phone to dictate notes or capture photos and website links etc. If I could only have one app on my phone it would be this one. https://bear.app/

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, walking with alpacas is a delight. Watch them move. Note the footfalls and the fluid motion. Watch them from many angles. It is a great reason to go spend time with your alpacas.

We had some visitors to come talk alpaca fibre and fashion and regeneration. Lovely.

Check out their wider work here

https://www.fashionactnow.org/projects

https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/en

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, I offer a quick valley update and some alpaca musings. Join me for breakfast with the girls.

Check out the bird listening/recording/identifying app Merlin

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, I muse on some of the realities we face when we choose to live with alpacas. I am not trying to put you off, well, only a little. But, I do want you to avoid having an unrealistic, romantic notion of what is will be like.

If you already have alpacas, you already know they bring highs and lows - joy and sorrow. But I wouldn't be without them.

If you can, go spend some time with some alpacas, and breathe.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!

Grow in experience and confidence and get things done. Plan intentionally and add small steps together to make good progress.

The geese continue to delight with their parenting skills.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.