The "agouti invasion" at the hotel

Gold-agouti is not really my colour, but some imports have this colour, and I am not too sad about this... :o)

These three baby boys are:
Husband Material at Brentwood Hotel (texel, from Barney Stinson at Brentwood Hotel - Westendorp's Miss Saigon) will stay at the Hotel,
Hammer Time at Brentwood Hotel (sheltie, litter brother to "Husband") went to a breeder in Russia,
Demo Version at Brentwood Hotel (peruvian, Mr. Mannheim vom Wuschelland - Impala Fine Quality) will go to a breeder in Poland soon.

Quite Nice at Brentwood Hotel

I had never wanted to keep/breed alpacas, but when she was born, I could not resist. :o)
I mated her mother, Heluta Dior (peruvian) to Stanley Pompon (sheltie), and these Polish imports produced "Nice". She is big, strong, has a wonderful coat: in fact she is everything that I expect from an alpaca. Also, she has lots of names in her pedigree which I recpect so much.
She is still young, 4 months old when these photos were taken.

Hammer's nose

Yes, it is the sheltie baby from litter H, I just have to show his nose....
:o)))

The goldagouti-white babies

Out two latest litters include some very nice babies in goldagouti-white. This is not really my colour, but I am trying to introduce some lines with Red Rock background to my lines nowadays, so goldagouti is inevitable. :o)

The first three babies are littermates. They are the first babies sired by my Barney Stinson at Brentwood Hotel. (Not bad, I think. :o) Their mother is Westendorp's Miss Saigon.

Hammer Time at Brentwood Hotel, sheltie boar:



Husband Material at Brentwood Hotel, texel boar:

How I Met Your Mother at Brentwood Hotel, texel sow:

And this is Isola Verde at Brentwood Hotel, a sheltie sow from Veyron Pompon and Volver at Brentwood Hotel:

Berlusconi at Brentwood Hotel: 21. 07. 2004. - 23. 05. 2010.

We lost him today...

Berlusconi was born from my German import Don Altobellos Dreamer zur Teutoburger Senne and January Mist at Brentwood Hotel.

Her mother's pedigree goes back to many generations of Brentwood Hotel cavies, including my first ones, my English (2000.) and Austrian (from 1997.) imports.

He has been the cornerstone of my breeding. He has progeny in several countries, and most of my cavies today can still be traced back to him.

I am very proud of him, and I am very pleased that he will live on in lots of Brentwood Hotel cavies.

These are his last photos:

Nice fish...

I visited the Interzoo trade fair in Germany last weekend. It was a business trip but fun at the same time.
This is the fish which I like most: a Betta (Siamese fighting fish). It comes with various finnage and colour forms, but this one was me favourite definitely:

Angel's Teardrops at Brentwood Hotel 27. 12. 2004. - 10. 05. 2010.

Sad news from Moscow...

Angel died today. She was very special. Not only because every cavy is special in its way, but because...

... she was from my lilac line of texels, which I had to stop a few yers ago. I am still missing them.

... she was my first export to Russia, so the first Brentwood Hotel ambassador there.

... she was my first cavy sent to Irina Biletskaya. So, she started my friendship to Irina and her Mom Marina Sergeeva, which is a very valuable friendship to me.

Thank you, Angel, for all these! ...

Some old age photos of Angel:

Junior Champion!

Good news from Poland: Fancy Dress at Brentwood Hotel "Kitty" has become Polish Junior Champion! No wonder, if you look at her photo! :o)))
(She is 5 months old in the photo.)

She is from Mr. Mannheim vom Wuschelland and Heluta Dior. Her owner is Daniel Banasiak, Dior Caviary.

Thanks for the photo and for promoting her so well, Daniel!

The first Brentwood Hotel alpacas leaving the nest...

These two babies just left to their new owner Ioana (Impala Caviary).

I would have never thought that I would breed alpacas, but when this black-white alpaca boar arrived from Britain, I simply could not miss the chance...
Thanks to his breeder Nikki Matthews (GB) and owner Irina Biletskaya (Ru), Nikki's Black Tie Affair spent a few months at the hotel, and managed to produce a few litters.

Thanks for the babies' photos, Ioana!

Nikki's Black Tie Affair:



Picasso Paint at Brentwood Hotel (mother: Blue Sky Christina)



U Make Me Happy at Brentwood Hotel (mother: Lunabakelo Halloween)

Ottó's new Flexi

I have never really liked te Flexi type dog leads. My dogs listen to me (usually... :o), and come to me when called. So, we never really needed them.
But as Ottó is growing older, he has lost his hearing ability, so it is a different story now. We needed something when we walk near traffic. Well, here it is: