Lost Creek Ranger Ceilidh
ILR # 266907
female b. 11-17-04
Ranger Dusty x Ramblin’ Rosie
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Ceilidh likes everybody; Jim has chosen to work with her.
We are very pleased with Ceilidh’s coat, muscling, and conformation. She has inherited her sire's energy and willingness, and her gaits are quite adequate for packing — a distinct improvement over her mother's — even though they are not enough of an improvement to be well-suited to work in harness. Her ears hear just fine, but they aren’t “the right shape” according to the aesthetics-driven showing world (and more than a few people who are also highly biased towards a specific “look” even though they wouldn't begin to admit it out loud). What all that means is that Ceilidh isn't perfect for everything or by everybody's standards ... but who is?
Ceilidh was initially leased to Niki Kuklenski (JNK Llamas) while we were breeding some of her half-sisters, also for the first time. We felt Ceilidh is just too valuable to the gene pool to sit idle just because we keep our births to a manageable number. In fact, if we had more time to raise and train more llamas to our high standards, we would never have parted with Ceilidh’s dam, Ramblin’ Rosie.
Ceilidh's 2010 female (by Anders Tobias) was discovered dead with the membrane still largely intact. A full necropsy found no anomalies or injuries of any kind, and concluded that "an accident during birth compromised oxygen to the baby's brain, interferring with necessary normal survival responses".
Ceilidh returned here in March 2011, bred again to Anders Tobias and due April 2011, so we could monitor her closely and ensure someone would be home and available to assist during the birth this time.
Between Ceilidh’s energy and fine conformation, we have every reason to expect great things from her on the trail for many years to come; we anticipate that her stellar coat, rear end muscling, and dad's get-up-and-go will be very valuable in our small Classic llama breeding program.
Ceilidh likes attention, but food trumps everything (a curse inherited from her dam).
“Ceilidh” (pronounced kay'-lee') is Irish or Scottish for a traditional gathering with music, dancing, and storytelling. A ceilidh is also a specific Scottish dance. Our Ceilidh sure is the dancing, extroverted party animal.