lost creek carhartt

ILR # 291713

gelding b. 06-10-2018

Eagles' Nest' Americus ("Bull") x Lost Creek Klahowya

Carhartt stands 47" at the withers, and has grit and determination.

Carhartt's immediate and extended family is full of working packers, including two PLTA MPL certified llamas. Carhartt's sire "Bull" has also produced a number of working packers and packers-in-training, and is greatly appreciated and admired for his easy disposition.

We absolutely expected Carhartt to make a highly valuable contribution to the genetically restricted tall pack llama segment of the gene pool. Carhartt is unrelated to the vast majority of female pack breeding stock in the US, has strong phenotype, and the highly sought-after standard Classic coat.

Unfortunately, Carhartt proved to have a very inconvenient reproductive issue, specifically that he would breed a female once per cycle only, and if it was the wrong day ... well, too bad. Although we could have used another male to establish each female's cycle in order to ensure Carhart would breed her on her one best day for ovulation and conception, this quirk isn't conducive to settling females in a timely manner ... and we also don't know whether this issue could be passed on to future generations. We didn't want to be "those people"!

With paternal half-brother Joey, maternal half-sister Cinder, and 3/4 brother Ouray all in our breeding program, there was no point in undertaking a long term, multi-generation genetic recovery attempt, so we castrated Carhartt.

We have more than enough llamas to meet our own packing needs, so Carhartt will be reviewing and advancing his pack training during 2024 and 2025 in preparation for finding an appreciative new working home. He's going out primarily with Duke, who of course is setting a stellar example.

He's "Carhartt brown", he's a working llama, and we could see he was tough from day one. It's a fit!