If you want to own, show, and breed high-end alpacas, you MUST see this one. In the meantime, check out her pedigree. 'Why Does a Pedigree Matter?' "Every animal is basically two animals: its phenotype and its genotype. 'Phenotype' - means everything you can see or measure: the speed of a racehorse, the color of an alpaca, crimp style, fineness of a fleece. ('Type' means the characteristics that distinguish one breed or species from another: in other words, does it LOOK like a Doberman or a Rottweiler? The difference is type. 'Good type' for a Doberman is different from good type in a Rotti.) 'Genotype' - is the complete genetic makeup of an individual, aka its 'genetics' or DNA. The phenotype of an animal is the result of a complex interplay between its genes and its environment. In other words, what an alpaca looks like may not be an accurate picture of the genes it carries. One example is body condition; animals may have a genetic tendancy to be either lean or plump, but the amount and quality of feed available to them will affect how that genetic tendancy is expressed. An animal with the 'genes to be plump' will not be if it does not get enough to eat. Until a number of progeny can be examined, the only key to an animal's genetic potential that we have is its pedigree." (c) 2005Linda Marie McWilliams, Inti Alpacas, LLC *EVERY male line in this pedigree goes back to males famous for the quality of the offspring they sired: Felix, El Moustachio, Hemingway, Bueno, and Guellermo. That tells us that the odds are pretty high that Teagan will produce quality, too. At this price, you cannot lose. Teagan is located at Sixth Day Farm West in Wellington, CO.